I Don't Wanna Think of You

All words and music ©1987, 2003, 2016, 2025 by JOHN SPECKINE Lyrics below. I wrote this around 4:00 AM sitting in the Air Passenger Terminal at Torrejon Air Base in Madrid, Spain. I was on my way back to Athens after losing my wife a year-and-a-half earlier. I was miserable, but I really didn't want to write another depressing, 'tears-in-your-beer' kind of song, so I made myself write something upbeat. I think it'd be a fun little country swing. LYRICS: Well, I'm stayin' up all night Gotta catch an early flight And you're on my mind again Why don't you go away? Out of my mind to stay. I don't wanna think of you Today I don't wanna think of you Today I don't wanna think of you And when my plane is on the ground I'm sure you'll still be around gnawing on my soul again I can't sleep at night Since you said goodbye I don't wanna think of you Tonight I don't wanna think of you Tonight I don't wanna think of you BREAK Why don't you go away? Out of my mind to stay. I don't wanna think of you Today I don't wanna think of you Today I don't wanna think of you Tonight I don't wanna think of you Tonight I don't wanna think of you ©1987, 2003, 2016 All words and music by JOHN SPECKINE