[00:04.00]Recorded by Gilbert OSullivan
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[00:57.77]In a little while from now
[01:00.68]If Im not feeling any less sour
[01:03.58]I promise myself to treat myself
[01:06.71]And visit a nearby tower
[01:09.53]And climbing to the top will throw myself off
[01:15.32]In an effort to make it clear to whoever
[01:18.82]What its like when youre shattered
[01:21.67]Left standing in the lurch at a church
[01:25.22]Where people saying: "My God, thats tough"
[01:29.00]"She stood him up"
[01:30.50]"No point in us remaining"
[01:33.65]"We may as well go home"
[01:36.26]As I did on my own
[01:39.52]Alone again, naturally
[01:45.53]To think that only yesterday
[01:48.07]I was cheerful, bright and gay
[01:51.19]Looking forward to, who wouldnt do?
[01:54.46]The role I was about to play?
[01:57.02]But as if to knock me down
[02:00.04]Reality came around
[02:02.95]And without so much as a mere touch
[02:06.02]Cut me into little pieces
[02:09.36]Leaving me to doubt
[02:11.48]Talk about God in His mercy
[02:15.10]Who, if He really does exist,
[02:18.20]Why did He desert me?
[02:21.65]In my hour of need
[02:23.97]I truly am indeed
[02:27.06]Alone again, naturally
[02:33.05]It seems to me that there are more hearts
[02:36.75]Broken in the world that cant be mended
[02:41.12]Left unattended
[02:44.17]What do we do? What do we do?
[02:50.99](instrumental interlude) Alone again, naturally
[03:39.38]Looking back over the years
[03:42.29]And whatever else that appears
[03:45.20]I remember I cried when my father died
[03:48.35]Never wishing to hide the tears
[03:51.23]And at sixty-five years old
[03:54.11]My mother, God rest her soul
[03:57.17]Couldnt understand why the only man
[04:00.20]She had ever loved had been taken
[04:03.62]Leaving her to start with a heart so badly broken
[04:09.42]Despite encouragement from me
[04:12.33]No words were ever spoken
[04:15.38]And when she passed away
[04:18.11]I cried and cried all day
[04:21.29]Alone again, naturally
[04:27.09]Alone again, naturally