My Duet

I've got a song I'd like to sing
It's written and rehearsed but here's the thing
I can't do it justice on my own
But you can see I'm standing here alone

Half of these words were meant to be
Sung with love from you to me
The other half from me to you
But I don't know where you are
And I don't know what to do

Just keep on singing, improvise a verse or two
Knowing I can't keep this up for long
Without your harmony my melody sounds wrong
Like I'm singing half a song

This might be the loneliest one that I've sung yet
With no one to sing the other half of my duet

So here I stand under these lights
Where you were supposed to stand with me tonight
To sing a special song that we prepared
To celebrate this sort of love we share

It's the sort of song that's meant for two
And I wrote it just for me and you
You've never heard such a sorry sound
As me singing our duet
When you're not around

My mouth can make the words while my mind wonders where you are
My hands stay clenched behind my back
I'm sure you're somewhere singing some other fella's song
While I'm solo suffering a heart attack

This might be the loneliest song that I've sung yet
With no one to sing the other half of my duet

We've had our ups, we've had our downs
But I've never felt like such a clown
Out here in front of one and all
Singing our song alone trying not to bawl

I kept my composure and I made it to the end
It was all I could do to keep from crying
Certainly sung my share of sad ones in my time
But at this point there's no denying

That this one is the loneliest song that I've sung yet
With no one to sing the other half of my duet

This one is the loneliest song that I've sung yet
With no one to sing the other half of my duet