The Lonely Life

What if I did not love you?

Where would that leave me?

Would I wander through the avenues

Under a pall of misery?

Would I be face down in the gutter

With cheap whiskey on my breath?

The lonely life of a writer

Whose words could not pay his debts

Singin' please don't, please don't pass me by

I am alive, oh can't you see?

That I've been blinded completely

Please don't, please don't pass me by

I am alive, oh can't you see?

That I am pleading for your mercy

What if we became strangers?

Would you notice my face in a crowd?

And could you hear the sorrow in my voice?

Helplessly crying your name out loud

Would I be searching for a savior?

Burned, and burning with regret

The lonely life of a writer

With one last desperate request

Singin' please don't, please don't pass me by

I am alive, oh can't you see?

That I've been blinded completely

Please don't, please don't pass me by

I am alive, oh can't you see?

That I am pleading for your mercy

I've been on the lamb

Being hunted, somethin' fierce

They say time and tide, it waits for no man

But I was just hopin'

These storm filled skies would clear

Please don't, please don't pass me by (Please don't, please don't pass me by)

Please don't, please don't pass me by (Please don't, please don't pass me by)

Please don't, please don't pass me by

I am alive, oh can't you see?

That I am pleading for your mercy