Every evening when the sun goes down I sit here in my room   And the lamplight shining on me projects my lonely gloom   My counterpart in agony mocks each tear that falls   And I cast a lonesome shadow on these lonely, lonely walls      He's always by my side at night no matter where I go   He lurks out in the darkness or in the neon's glow   He follows me across the steps and up and down the halls   And I cast a lonesome shadow on these lonely, lonely walls      I sit and watch the candle and the flicker of the flame   My writhing shadow twists and turns as though it is in pain   I'm trying to escape the memory my heart recalls   And I cast a lonesome shadow on these lonely, lonely walls      The image of a love I lost and all the things I'd planned   Are as empty as the bottle that I hold in my hand   My soul is buried in the depths of love and life's pitfalls   And I cast a lonesome shadow on these lonely, lonely walls      I cast a lonesome shadow on these lonely, lonely walls