[Verse 1]
Lost in a strange city, nowhere to turn
Far cry from the streets that I came from
It can get lonely when you're travelling hard
But you can even be lonely standing in your own backyard

[Verse 2]
Nobody knows the existential dread
Of the things that go on inside someone else's head
Whether it be trivial or something that Dante said
But baby, nobody knows the meaning of loneliness

[Verse 3]
No matter how well you know someone, you can only ever guess
How can you ever really know somebody else?
It takes more than a lifetime just to get to know yourself
Nobody knows the meaning of loneliness

[Saxophone Solo]

[Verse 4]
I have to say a word about solitude
For the soul it, sometimes they say, can be good
And I'm partial to it myself, I, well, I must confess
Nobody knows the meaning of loneliness
[Verse 5]
Well, there's Sartre and Camus, Nietzsche and Hesse
If you dig deep enough, you're gonna end up in distress
And no one escapes having to live under duress
And no one escapes the meaning of loneliness

[Verse 6]
Well, they say keep it simple when it gets to be a mess
And fame and fortune never brought anyone happiness
I must be lucky, some of my friends think that I'm really blessed
Nobody knows the meaning of loneliness

[Scatting]

[Outro]
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, nobody know the meaning of loneliness
No, no, no, no, nobody knows the meaning of loneliness
Nobody knows the meaning of loneliness