[Verse 1]
I have a need for solitude
I'll never be safe in crowded rooms
I like the sound of silence coming on
I come around when everyone has gone

[Verse 2]
I have a need for cool, verdant spaces
Beneath the trees, secret empty places
Nobody knows so no one will intrude
I have a need for solitude

[Chorus]
But you can find me, when the light is changing
At that time of day when there's little day remaining
You can find me where I've been waiting
Waiting here for you

[Verse 3]
I never was the pretty girl in school
I never was fast, tough, and cool
All I was, all my life it seems
Was hard to love, harder now to keep

[Chorus]
But you can find me, when the light is changing
At that time of day when there's little day remaining
[Verse 4]
I have a need for solitude
I'll never be safe in crowded rooms
I like the sound of silence coming on
I come around when all the rest have gone