The Lonely Life

(Verse)

What if I did not love you?

Where would that leave me

Would I wander through the avenues

Under appall of misery

(Verse)

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

(Chorus)

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

(Verse)

What if we became strangers?

Would you notice my face in a crowd?

And you could you hear the sorrow in my voice?

Helplessly crying your name out loud

(Verse)

Would I be searching for a savior?

Burned and burning with regret

The lonely life of a writer

Only if one last desperate request

(Chorus)

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

(Bridge)

I've been on the lamb

Being hunted, somethin' fierce

They say time and time, it wait's for no man

But I was just hopin'

These storm filled skies would clear

(Chorus)

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