LONELY HEART

Where do you wander far and afield, Lonely heart? Lonely heart, where is your shield? Where are your rings and where is your purse? Love is expensive. It’s cheaper to curse. Where are your garments? Look at your shoes. Laughter or sorrow, which did you choose? Walking the streets, nights that are cold, Men who are wretched, men who are bold. Rooms in the shadows, Love me tonight, Love me and leave me before it grows bright. Don’t heed the sob of a heartbreak within. Hold me, and kiss me and teach me to sin! Into the quicksand, hungry and dark, Into the grotto, into the park, Into the depths of the tomb, it is said, Lovers have cast themselves, living and dead. Lonely heart, lonely heart, walking alone, Friendless and frantic, and turning to stone!