What is romance
Without the one you love?
Well, it's heartbreak and misery
Without the one you love

You fool yourself and say
That I'll forget you
Knowin' all the time
That it's just not so

You play the lonely role
Of Pagliacci
Crying all inside
And hurting that much more

Life can seem so cruel
Without that one you love
You're like a dying rose of summer
Without the one you love

One telephone call
Write me one line
One line or so
It could mean a world of difference
Just how much
You could never know, baby
But a life can seem so lonely
Without the one that you love
(It's true)
One telephone call
Write me one line
One line or so
It could mean
A world of difference to me, baby
Just how much
You'll never know
Oh, but a life can seem so lonely
Without the one you love
Lonely without the one
That you love, yeah

Write me one time, baby
One telephone call would do
Maybe one line
One line or so, baby
It could mean a world of difference
You could never know

What is romance?
What is romance when you're alone?
You're out on the street, baby
Lookin' fine for every guy you meet
And I'm still here at home
Home, at home and alone
So blue, so alone
I don't know what to do
Except get over you
One day, I will get over you
I'm surely going to not lose my mind, baby
Like you want me to do
'Cause I'm gonna get over you