ALONE AGAIN (NATURALLY) - Gilbert O’Sullivan

    Within a little while from now
    I’m not feeling any less sour
    I promise myself to treat myself
    And visit a nearby tower
    And climbing to the top will throw myself off
    In an effort to make it clear to who
    Ever what it’s like when you’re shattered
    Left standing in the lurch by the church
    Where people saying: "My God, that’s tough she’s tored him up"
    No point in us remaining
    You may as well go home
    Cause I did on my own
    Alone again, naturally
    To think that only yesterday
    I was cheerful, bright and gay
    Looking forward to wouldn’t do
    The role I was about to play
    But as if to knock me down
    Reality came around
    And without so much, as a mere touch
    Cut me into little pieces
    Leaving me to doubt
    About God and His mercy
    Or if He really does exist
    Why did He desert me
    And in my hour of need
    I truly am indeed
    Alone again, naturally
    It seems to me that there are more hearts
    broken in the world that can’t be mended
    Left unattended
    What do we do? What do we do?
    Alone again, naturally
    And looking back over the years
    When everyone stands and fears
    I remember I cried when my father died
    Never wishing to dry the tears
    And at sixty-five years old
    My mother, God rest her soul,
    Couldn’t understand why the only man
    She had ever loved had been taken
    Leaving her to stop with the heart so badly broken
    Despite encouragement from me
    No words were ever spoken
    And when she passed away
    I cried and cried all day
    Alone again, naturally
    Alone again, naturally


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