WHAT DO LONELY PEOPLE DO
(Harlan Howard)


The Burch Sisters - 1988



I've noticed lonely people all my life
Kids without a sweetheart, an old man without a wife
But I never paid much mind to that ????
Now I've just learned what lonely people do

What do lonely people do, they cry, cry, cry
What do happy people do, they walk on by
When you cry, you cry alone, it's true, so true
Ain't it sad what lonely people do

Lonely people's phones don't ever ring
They sit and wait for letters the postman never brings
And when they go out, they might as well've stayed at home
'Cause lonely people just get left alone

What do lonely people do, they cry, cry, cry
What do happy people do, they walk on by
When you cry, you cry alone, it's true, so true
Ain't it sad what lonely people do

What do lonely people do, they cry, cry, cry
What do happy people do, they walk on by
When you cry, you cry alone, it's true, so true
Ain't it sad what lonely people do
Ain't it sad what lonely people do



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - June 2017)