[Verse 1]
Should we go out dancing with the loon?
My best friend in the whole wide room
The night is never long enough
The morning whispers, "All is not lost"
I hear you singing down the wire
And I fall open as a flower
You're the hope, you're what is left
When all has emptied and has fled

[Pre-Chorus]
And I ask my Pa
"Say, what'll I be?"
I ask the question like I know the answer already

[Chorus]
And I'm falling, falling, I can see
I don't know what is good for me
But lonely, lonely, lonely likes my company

[Verse 2]
Will you be nostalgia in the autumn?
Will you be the Hell I've known of Heaven?
Will you be the smile under my nose?
Will you be the naked I can't clothe?
Will you be the Welsh choir on the wind
All roaring and swearing at the ocean?
Will you be the ash of a well-tended fire?
Will you be the ambush of my desire?
[Pre-Chorus]
I ask my Ma
"What'll I do?"
She said, "Shut your mouth if someone desires you"

[Chorus]
And I'm falling, falling, I can see
I don't know what is good for me
But lonely, lonely, lonely likes my company
And who'd dare to love me? I'm a whore
I'm too exposed, honey, I'm rubbed raw
And all that makes it better is your touch

[Outro]
Lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely
Lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely
Lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely
Lonely, lonely, lonely, loves my touch