Alone again (naturally) - Gilbert O'Sullivan

[Verse 1]

In a little while from now

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If I'm not feeling any less sour

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I promise myself to treat myself

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And visit a nearby tower

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And climbing to the top

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To throw myself off

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In an effort to make it clear to whoever what it's like when you're shattered

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Left standing in the lurch

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At a church with people saying

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"My God, that's tough, she stood him up

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No point in us remaining

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We may as well go home"

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As I did on my own

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Alone again, naturally

[Verse 2]

To think that only yesterday

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I was cheerful bright and gay

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Looking forward - who wouldn't do?

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The role I was about to play

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And as if to knock me down

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Reality came around

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And without so much as a mere touch

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Threw me into little pieces

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Leaving me to doubt

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Talk about God in his mercy

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Who if He really does exist

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Why did He desert me

In my hour of need

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I truly am indeed

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Alone again, naturally

[Bridge]

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It seems to me that there are more hearts

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Broken in the world than can be mended

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Left unattended

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What do we do?

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What do we do?

[Verse 3]

Looking back over the years

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And whatever else appears

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I remember I cried when my father died

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Never wishing to hide my tears

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And at sixty-five years old

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My mother, God rest her soul

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Couldn't understand why the only man

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She had ever loved had been taken

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Leaving her to start

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With a heart so badly broken

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Despite encouragement from me

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No words were ever spoken

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When she passed away I cried and cried all day

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Alone again, Naturally

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