I called an old friend on the phone   I was tired, and alone   We talked of how the times had flown   Feeling tired, but still alone   oh, so alone      Half the time we're telling them a lie   We're telling them a lie   When we say we'll never say goodbye   We're telling them a lie      Why can't you believe what you have done   It took you all the way to number one   Cause now I play the small sad halls, she said   And you can bet, she said   There'll always be   an empty row      Half the time they're telling us a lie   They're telling us a lie   When we say we'll never say goodbye   We're telling them a lie   a lie   a lie..