I know I'll be lonely, I know I'll be blue Yet, I'd rather to be lonely Than to have a love that's untrue Most people learn by mistake, so they say But I don't want to learn that way 'Cause it's the hard way Call me anything you want to I couldn't care less, my friend I'm merely saving myself From the things that I fear I'll be lonely, I know, I know I'll be blue Yet, I'd rather to be lonely Than to have a love that's untrue (.) Call me anything you want to I couldn't care less, my friend I'm merely saving myself From the things that I fear I'll be lonely, I know, I know I'll be blue Yet, I'd rather to be lonely Than to have a love that's untrue