(Raymond O'Sullivan)
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In a little while from now
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If I'm not feeling any less sour
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I promise myself to treat myself
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And visit a nearby tower
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And climbing to the top
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Will throw myself off
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In an effort to
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Make it clear to whoever
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Wants to know what it's like
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When you're shattered
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Left standing in the lurch at a church
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Were people saying, My God, that's tough
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She stood him up
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No point in us remaining
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We may as well go home
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As I did on my own
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Alone again, naturally
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To think that only yesterday
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I was cheerful, bright and gay
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Looking forward to who wouldn't do
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The role I was about to play
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But as if to knock me down
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Reality came around
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And without so much as a mere touch
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Cut me into little pieces
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Leaving me to doubt
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Talk about, God in His mercy
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Oh, if he really does exist
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Why did he desert me
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In my hour of need
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I truly am indeed
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Alone again, naturally
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It seems to me that there are more hearts
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Broken in the world that can't be mended
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Left unattended
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What do we do
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What do we do
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[Instrumental Interlude]
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Alone again, naturally
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Looking back over the years
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And whatever else that appears
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I remember I cried when my father died
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Never wishing to hide the tears
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And at sixty-five years old
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My mother, God rest her soul
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Couldn't understand why the only man
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She had ever loved had been taken
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Leaving her to start
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With a heart so badly broken
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Despite encouragement from me
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No words were ever [Spoken]
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And when she passed away
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I cried and cried all day
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Alone again, naturally
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Alone again, naturally
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Alone Again (Naturally)
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Gilbert O'Sullivan |