Loudon Wainwright Living Alone Lyrics

Living Alone Lyrics

You sit at a desk and you squirm in a chair
You stretch out on a couch, you
could fall asleep there
But you lie in your bed and you try not to
think
You put on your bathrobe and you stand at the sink
And then you
look into the mirror and you unplug the phone
You re-read the letter, you're
living alone.

You clear out a closet and you listen to a clock
You
wipe off a table and you pick up a sock
And then you put up your feet and
you stand on your head
You hate what you did and you regret what you
said
And then you gaze at a spapshot and wait for the tone
You talk to
yourself, yeah, you're living alone.

You were always alone, but you just
didn't know it
You tried living with someone but then you had to blow
it
And if there's one thing you learned after living with her
Is that
you're not the man now that you never were.

So you turn up the heat and
you fight off a cold
You thumb through the Bible as you sit there on
hold
But you're your own boss you can do as you please
Open a window and
let in a breeze
You sit down to dinner, yeah, you cooked your own
You
light a candle, you're living alone.

You think about her and how did it
end
Your cleaning lady has become your very best friend
You're back in
your hometown, you're living in fear
They wonder where has he been and why
is he here
You're watching the reruns of the Twilight Zone
Your life in a
nutshell, you're living alone.

You were always alone, but you just didn't
see it
You tried to be someone different but you just couldn't be it
And
if there's one thing you learned after all of it
Is that you're usually
fired before you can quit.

What you need is a dog, some goldfish or a
cat
A boa constrictor and a laboratory rat
The end is at hand now and you
have the means
A roll of toilet paper and the right magazines
Your parents
are dead now and your kids are full grown
You're 53 now, you're 53 now,
you're 53 now
You're living alone.