if i ever thought you'd be lonely

hold a candle to a naked flame

ask the atheist his christian name

try parachuting from a burning plane

finding someone else you could blame

if i ever thought you'd be lonely

if i ever thought you'd be there

if i ever fought the alimony

painted pony

you'd be there

eskimo heart

bedouin throat

a butcher trussed up in a camel hair coat

a crowning in the castle

a drowning in the moat

ocean dried

desert afloat

if i ever thought you'd be lonely

if i ever thought you'd be there

if i ever fought the alimony

my one and only

you'd be there

one for the lady

one for the gent

signatures in wet cement

and if you ever ask

what i meant then i'd never know

then i'd never know.