Lonely and the only   And you're clawing through the smoke   Where the poet sits away   They don't even write poems   And if I knew what was wrong, I'd let you know   Buy me a drink, it's no good to drink alone      Lonely at the only   And four nights out of three   It's not that I've been crying,   It's just that my eyes leak   If I knew what was wrong, I'd let you know   Buy me a drink, it's no good to drink alone      There will be a getaway plan   From boys with the parlor hands   My big smile meets your right cheer   Who here's having the harder year?      Do you remember when the water came?   Do you remember the when flood   Filled the basements up with water   And the windows up with mud?   Do you remember when the water came?   Do you remember when the flood   Filled the cellars up with water   And the windows up with mud?      It's slow at the only   Four nights out of three   And it's not that I'm crying, it's that my eyes leak   And it's lonely at the only   Clawing through the smoke   And oh, it's so hard to know   And if I knew what was wrong, I'd let you know   So buy me a drink, it's no good to drink   Buy me a drink, it's no good to drink alone.