Small talk on the radio   It seems I am going nowhere today      Small talk gets you nowhere choose   Between a curtain or a star   And I'm silent to the dark      'Cause when I needed someone to talk to   You were the only one around   Small cost, it pays to be alone      Small talk on the radio   It seems I am going nowhere today   (Not today)   Small talk gets you nowhere   I'm silent to the dark and tepid   Only when you ask      'Cause when I needed someone to talk to   You were the only one around   Small cost, it pays to be alone      When I needed someone to talk to   You were the only one around   Small cost, it pays to be alone      And you can do anything you want   Yeah you can anything you want   You can do anything you want   It doesn't matter   It doesn't matter      'Cause when I needed someone to talk to   You were the only one around   Small cost, it pays to be alone   When I needed someone to talk to   You were the only one around   Small cost, it pays to be alone      When I needed someone   To talk to   To talk to   To talk to      'Cause when I needed someone to talk to   You were the only one around   Small cost, it pays to be alone