Lonely So Long

The sun's setting over the city tonight
In the last of the evening light
A cold wind blows
Down a Brooklyn street
And the silence echoes in an empty room
In this apartment that was meant for two
'Cause there ain't nobody here
But me

I've been lonely so long
But I'm not giving in
Lonely so long
And it's wearing me thin
Lonely so long
And I don't think I can go on
Living like this

There was a time when it used to be
That all this love it surrounded me
But it hasn't been that way
In quite a while
And the warm body that was once in my bed
Well she's resting her head somewhere else instead
And I don't know where it all
Went so wrong

I've been lonely so long
But I'm not giving in
Lonely so long
And it's wearing me thin
Lonely so long
And I don't think I can go on
Living like this

This year's gonna see such a change in me
I'm not quite what I used to be
I'm a million ways better than I was
Before
And my heart's gonna be such an open book
I'd invite you in just to take a look around
You could turn every page
Read every inch of me

Oh I've been lonely so long
But I'm not giving in
Lonely so long
And it's wearing me thin
Lonely so long
And I don't think I can go on
No I know that I can't go on
Oh I won't, no I won't go on
Living a life
Like this