Loudon Wainwright III - Living Alone Lyrics
You sit at a desk and you squirm in a chairYou stretch out on a couch, you could fall asleep thereBut you lie in your bed and you try not to thinkYou put on your bathrobe and you stand at the sinkAnd then you look into the mirror and you unplug the phoneYou re-read the letter, you're living alone.You clear out a closet and you listen to a clockYou wipe off a table and you pick up a sockAnd then you put up your feet and you stand on your headYou hate what you did and you regret what you saidAnd then you gaze at a spapshot and wait for the toneYou talk to yourself, yeah, you're living alone.You were always alone, but you just didn't know itYou tried living with someone but then you had to blow itAnd if there's one thing you learned after living with herIs that you're not the man now that you never were.So you turn up the heat and you fight off a coldYou thumb through the Bible as you sit there on holdBut you're your own boss you can do as you pleaseOpen a window and let in a breezeYou sit down to dinner, yeah, you cooked your ownYou light a candle, you're living alone.You think about her and how did it endYour cleaning lady has become your very best friendYou're back in your hometown, you're living in fearThey wonder where has he been and why is he hereYou're watching the reruns of the Twilight ZoneYour life in a nutshell, you're living alone.You were always alone, but you just didn't see itYou tried to be someone different but you just couldn't be itAnd if there's one thing you learned after all of itIs that you're usually fired before you can quit.What you need is a dog, some goldfish or a catA bo