Why do I seem to be caught up inside a dream?   All my life, it's always been my shadow and me   Over my shoulder there's always a voice somewhere   Saying, I ever should try to set my heart free      I wish that love would come and take me in her arms   Show me what I've never known   Where I could hold someone and words like right and wrong   Just fade away like yesterday      Lonely won't leave me alone   Lonely won't leave me alone   Why, tell me why?   Won't even let me fall in love      Oh, everywhere I go   Always by my side   Won't even let me fall in love      I try and say, I love you but the words won't come through   When my eyes see all the tears and sad memories   Why can't I start out new and leave that old feeling, too   Far behind, I guess, that lonely needs company      Around each bend of road, I'm thinking back in time   There will be that rainbow's end   But when I follow love, self delusions I find   That it's only lonely and me again      Lonely won't leave me alone   Lonely won't leave me alone   Why, tell me why?   Lonely just keeps my heart out of touch      Oh, everywhere I go   Always by my side   Won't even let me fall in love      Lonely won't leave me alone   I wish that love would come   Lonely won't leave me alone   And take me home   Lonely, lonely won't let me fall in love      Lonely won't leave me alone   I wish that love would come   Lonely won't leave me alone   And take me home   Lonely, lonely won't let me fall in love      Lonely won't leave me alone   I wish that only   Lonely won't leave me alone   Love would come   Lonely, lonely won't let me fall in love