she fell in love with a lover boy    in the old days i would walk alone    any other day not disturbing    while the others roamed       and i listened to her song    but would walk on the other side    we'd be lonely, blue and lonely       then she fell in love with another one    i was older now, and followed a path    she had learned to be cool, to be caring    and i thought i should say    it's too much just to be    but not enough for the life of me    to be lonely, blue and lonely       that's when the river ran dry    that's when the river was all but a spill    that's when the river ran dry    every soul on the shore    without sail, without will       she said her saviour was soon to come    from a long way, to bring back the girl he once knew    to be true and all loving    in the very best ways       and i listened to her song    but would walk on the other side    we'd be lonely, blue and lonely       that's when the river ran dry    that's when the river was all but a spill    that's when the river ran dry    every soul on the shore    without sail, without will       if time were a second    if life were a moment that once stood still    i'd leave it untattered, untouched, until       but it's too much just to be    but not enough for the life of me    to be lonely, blue and lonely       she fell in love with a lover boy    in the old days, i would walk alone    any other day not disturbing       and i listened to her song    but would walk on the other side    we'd be lonely, blue and lonely       that's when the river ran dry    that's when the river was all but a spill    that's when the river ran dry    every soul on the shore    without sail, without will    and i knew it before, and i do know it still