Fate is mighty cruel   Where true love is concerned   It seems you give out more   Than you ever have returned   Lately I have tried   To make it on my own   Another nite has passed   Looks like I'm bound to be alone   Bound to be alone      Now solitude is fine   When you really need it   When your soul is dry   Sometimes loneliness can feed it   When you need a lover   You know there's nothin' else will do   When you need love most   You know it turns it's back on you      Oh, I can make it thru without your company   I only wish I knew why you won't comfort me   I thot that I could count on you   To hear me cryin' out   I guess that's one comfort   I will learn to do without      Fallin love too easily   But never quite so fast   so you are not the first and, lord   You sure won't be the last   The thing about the situation   That makes me feel so sad   I could've been the best old friend   That you have ever had   I could've been the best old friend   That you have ever had