perfectly lonely

had a little love

but i spread it thin

falling in her arms and out again

made a bad name for my game around town

tore up my heart

and shut it down

nothing to do

nowhere to be

a simple little kind of free

nothing to do

no one but me

and that's all i need

i'm perfectly lonely

i'm perfectly lonely

i'm perfectly lonely

'cause i don't belong to anyone

nobody belongs to me

i see my friends around from time to time

when their ladies let them slip away

and when they ask me how i'm doing with mine

this is always what i say

nothing to do

nowhere to be

a simple little kind of free

nothing to do

no one to be

is it really hard to see

why i'm perfectly lonely

i'm perfectly lonely

i'm perfectly lonely

'cause i don't belong to anyone

nobody belongs to me

and this is not to say

there never comes a day

i'll take my chances and start again

and when i look behind

on all my younger times

i have to thank the wrongs that led me to a love so strong

i'm perfectly lonely

i'm perfectly lonely

i'm perfectly lonely

'cause i don't belong to anyone

nobody belongs to me

that's the way

that's the way

that's the way that i want it

that's the way

that's the way

that's the way that i want it

that's the way

that's the way

that's the way that i want it

that's the way

that's the way

that's the way that i want it.