When the nights stretch into empty lifetimes
You're standing alone on the sideline
Lonely is the word
Morning an eternity in arriving
No way of knowing if this is surviving
Lonely is the word
A sadder cry has never been heard
When lonely
Lonely is the word
All those feelings of desperation
With no hope for accommodation
Lonely is the word
Memories of forgotten ɾegrets
And nothing makes any sense to [C7]you [A7yet
Lonely is the word
You'll wait for [Dm7]things that never occur
When lonely
Lonely is the word
Lonely is the word
There's just none other
To describe [Am]your way of life
Living undercover
Attempts to [C7]get your life in line
Leave you [A7with less not with more to [C7]find
And lonely is the word
No compensation for [Dm7]losses incurred
When lonely
Lonely is the word
Lonely is the word
Lonely is the word
Lonely is the word
