Dear Loretta Why do you hang your head down so low I wish you would grow I've seen pictures Of your life in the next and I don't like them Any more than you So just hold true We'll see this through I've held sorrow For as long as I can see in the past I hope this won't last Don't grow cold now For it's warm out there just come in You're wearing thin Don't grow long I fear you're gone Now you are wanting and I am waiting for something better to come along If we were younger we'd not be here trying to make it on our own Now I am lonely and I am wandering looking for some place to roam If you'd only try dear we'd not be here trying to make it on our own On our own own own On our own own own So now I am left here cold and lonely lost without a single friend And it seems the time's near for all we've waited to come back down here and lay to rest In all the years that there's been silence in those times I must confess That if I stay here too much longer I will be out on my own On my own own own On my own own own Now I am hoping that someday maybe you will see that it's all for the best If you cannot try dear then I'll just stay here and we'll lay this heart to rest