Lonely, why do you come for me? Why can't you leave me alone? I was doing fine working on my own 'Til you came knocking loud upon my door Lonely, why do you come for me When I am not even alone? You have less to do with my circumstance Than something deep inside that I don't know And it's all I can do To believe all that you say of me is not true When you come for me when I'm home Oh and you come for me when I'm gone What am I to do when a day like this Slips past my defense and takes hold? What kind of excuse can I tell myself To justify this sudden empty soul? And it's all I can do To believe I don't deserve these lonesome blues When they come for me when I'm home And they come for me when I'm gone ♪ And I try, and I try But I can't get outside of my mind, though I try 'Cause demand for love kills supply Oh, and I can't explain my own part (no, no) In the darker ways of my heart I have tasted love, I have felt it's breath Warm against the surface of my soul When I walked away I could feel myself so quickly returning to the cold