'Cause I've been lonely for so long

Don't seem like happiness will come along

I've been lonely for so long

Don't seem like happiness will come along

Things ain't quite right over my head

Everybody seems to be

Throwing rocks in my bed

Just can't get ahead in life

Bad things I do ever turn out right

Won't somebody help me please

'Cause I've been lonely for so long

Don't seem like happiness will come along

I've been lonely for so long

Don't seem like happiness will come along

I lay awake every night

Tryin' to figure out how to make things right

There's got to be a better way I know

To shake this monkey because it's making me so

Won't somebody help me please

'Cause I've been lonely for so long

Don't seem like happiness will come along

I've been lonely for so long

Don't seem like happiness will come along

I lay awake every night

Try to figure out how to make things right

There's got to be a better way I know

To shake this monkey

Because it's making me so

Won't somebody help me please

'Cause I've been lonely for so long

Don't seem like happiness will come along

I've been lonely for so long

Don't seem like happiness will come along