she fell in love with a lover boy in the old days i would walk alone any other day not disturbing while the others roamed and i listened to her song but would walk on the other side we'd be lonely, blue and lonely then she fell in love with another one i was older now, and followed a path she had learned to be cool, to be caring and i thought i should say it's too much just to be but not enough for the life of me to be lonely, blue and lonely that's when the river ran dry that's when the river was all but a spill that's when the river ran dry every soul on the shore without sail, without will she said her saviour was soon to come from a long way, to bring back the girl he once knew to be true and all loving in the very best ways and i listened to her song but would walk on the other side we'd be lonely, blue and lonely that's when the river ran dry that's when the river was all but a spill that's when the river ran dry every soul on the shore without sail, without will if time were a second if life were a moment that once stood still i'd leave it untattered, untouched, until but it's too much just to be but not enough for the life of me to be lonely, blue and lonely she fell in love with a lover boy in the old days, i would walk alone any other day not disturbing and i listened to her song but would walk on the other side we'd be lonely, blue and lonely that's when the river ran dry that's when the river was all but a spill that's when the river ran dry every soul on the shore without sail, without will and i knew it before, and i do know it still