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You were never the pretty girl\r
\nAlways heard about the party the following day\r
\nDidn't know any boys that weren't relations\r
\nWouldn't know how to talk to them anyway\r
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Shy, well mannered and forgotten\r
\nYou'd get invited by their mothers\r
\nLeft alone, you'd always end up\r
\nPlaying with their baby brothers\r
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Lonely girl, I see you sitting\r
\nHome alone again tonight\r
\nLonely girl, I see you crying\r
\nGo to sleep, turn off the light\r
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Lonely girl, your life's a struggle\r
\nWhy is your life such a fight\r
\nLonely woman, don't know why\r
\nYou're still alone, it isn't right\r
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If you'd been born last century\r
\nYou might have said god spoke to you\r
\nJoined the local convent, had\r
\nA routine you could fit into\r
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Running bake sales for the church\r
\nThe vicar's thanks is always great\r
\nThere's no need to stop donating\r
\nJust because your rent is late\r
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God is there and always loves you\r
\nAnd you know that prayer can heal\r
\nBut there's a pain you feel inside you\r
\nYou want a lover you can feel\r
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Lonely girl, I see you sitting\r
\nHome alone again tonight\r
\nLonely woman, you're still crying\r
\nGo to sleep, turn off the light\r
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Lonely woman, life's a struggle\r
\nLife has always been a fight\r
\nLonely woman, don't know why\r
\nYou're still alone, it isn't right\r
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Speak to mother every weekend\r
\nAlways visit family\r
\nEveryone always welcomes warmly\r
\nWait secretly for you to leave\r
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Don't have any friends to speak of\r
\nJust people that you see all day\r
\nYou're a good and thoughtful person\r
\nBut no one likes you anyway\r
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How did your life get like this\r
\nWhy did you end up so lonely\r
\nWhat happened to the fairytale\r
\nWhat happened to your one and only\r
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People talk about their lovers\r
\nYou smile and shrug, and you pretend\r
\nYou don't mind when they talk of others\r
\nBut you want your pain to end\r
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You go on dates, always the same\r
\nYou see a movie, watch a play\r
\nYou have a long romantic dinner\r
\nThen they mention that they're gay\r
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Lonely girl, I see you sitting\r
\nHome alone again tonight\r
\nLonely woman, you're still crying\r
\nGo to sleep, turn off the light\r
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Lonely woman, nothing's changing\r
\nLonely woman, fading youth\r
\nMaiden bloom now whithering\r
\nWith no one to take care of you\r
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Died alone and soon forgotten\r
\nLeft no mark upon the world\r
\nHow did you get to rock bottom\r
\nWhy were you the lonely girl\r
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You were the ugly girl at school\r
\nDidn't know how to talk to boys\r
\nDidn't get invited to parties\r
\nYou were the polite one who always offered to help out\r
\nIf this were 50 years ago you'd be a nun\r
\nMiddle aged and mild-mannered\r
\nYou run the bake sales at the church\r
\nYou give to the poor, but you can't pay the rent\r
\nThere's people worse off than you\r
\nYou know that god is always there for you\r
\nYou know that prayer will always help\r
\nBut you still want someone inside of you\r
\nYou're still as lonely as hell\r
\nYou call your mother every week\r
\nYou always visit family\r
\nEveryone always welcomes you warmly\r
\nAnd secretly waits for you to leave\r
\nYou don't have friends to speak of\r
\nJust casual acquaintances\r
\nYou're good and kind, a wonderful person\r
\nBut no one likes you anyway\r
\nHow did you get so lonely\r
\nWho put you on this path\r
\nWhere is your one and only\r
\nTo take you by the hand?\r
\nPeople talk of marriage\r
\nYou smile and shrug and pretend it doesn't hurt\r
\nIntroduce to single men they know\r
\nYou go on dates, always the same\r
\nYou see a movie or a play\r
\nYou have a long romantic dinner\r
\nThen they mention that they're gay\r
\nLonely girl, always been so lonely\r
\nLonely woman, fading youth\r
\nMaiden bloom that soon will whither\r
\nNo one will take care of you\r
\nDie alone and soon forgotten\r
\nLeft no mark upon the world\r
\nHow did you get to rock bottom\r
\nWhy are you the lonely girl\r
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