Alone Again (Naturally) - Songbook Version

[00:11.32] In a little while from now
[00:13.97] If I'm not feeling any less sour
[00:16.64] I promise myself to treat myself
[00:19.42] And visit a nearby tower
[00:22.21] And climbing to the top
[00:25.01] Will throw myself off
[00:27.73] In an effort to
[00:29.20] Make it clear to whoever
[00:30.99] What it's like when you're shattered
[00:33.37] Left standing in the lurch, at a church
[00:36.84] Where people saying, "My God, that's tough
[00:40.33] She stood him up
[00:41.68] No point in us remaining"
[00:44.70] "We may as well go home"
[00:47.28] As I did on my own
[00:50.05] Alone again, naturally
[00:55.63] To think that only yesterday
[00:58.40] I was cheerful, bright and gay
[01:01.13] Looking forward to, but who wouldn't do
[01:03.90] The role I was about to play
[01:06.74] But as if to knock me down
[01:09.50] Reality came around
[01:12.22] And without so much as a mere touch
[01:15.00] Cut me into little pieces
[01:18.03] Leaving me to doubt
[01:20.17] Talk about God and His mercy
[01:23.30] Oh, if He really does exist
[01:26.24] Why did He desert me
[01:29.06] In my hour of need?
[01:31.57] I truly am indeed
[01:34.27] Alone again, naturally
[01:39.87] It seems to me that
[01:41.49] There are more hearts broken in the world
[01:44.63] That can't be mended
[01:47.35] Left unattended
[01:50.27] What do we do?
[01:52.98] What do we do?
[02:35.78] Alone again, naturally
[02:41.55] Now looking back over the years
[02:44.31] And whatever else that appears
[02:47.09] I remember I cried when my father died
[02:49.85] Never wishing to hide the tears
[02:52.70] And at sixty-five years old
[02:55.32] My mother, God rest her soul
[02:58.23] Couldn't understand why the only man
[03:01.03] She had ever loved had been taken
[03:04.12] Leaving her to start
[03:06.29] With a heart so badly broken
[03:09.27] Despite encouragement from me
[03:12.10] No words were ever spoken
[03:14.91] And when she passed away
[03:17.62] I cried and cried all day
[03:20.30] Alone again, naturally
[03:25.91] Alone again, naturally