[Verse 1]
I picked myself up in a downtown bar
You know the feelin' was lousy
But as I'd come this far
Well it's too easy to drink
When nobody's home
But I hate to eat alone

[Verse 2]
'N' frozen dinners don't do much for me
When you've got TV on the table
'N' TV on TV
All you do is chew your fingers
Down to the bone
I hate to eat alone

[Bridge]
Like the actor who's forgotten his words
You stumble through the story line
Another place another time
When you were with me

[Verse 3]
They say the city's rotten to the core
There's no communication
With each other anymore
But we stopped talkin' to each other
A long time before
And I hate to eat alone
[Interlude]
Hear it in my words
See it in my eyes
Since you went away
I wear a cheap disguise
Waitin' for the mornin'
Waitin' on the light
Hopin' for the sunshine
Before the night

[Verse 4]
I didn't tell you that I had to change
So you just took it for granted
That we'd remain the same
I know that nobody's guilty
No one's to blame
So I end up on my own
God I hate to eat alone
I hate to eat alone
I hate to eat alone
I hate to eat alone