The only thing certain is we end up alone To pick up the pieces of our once-happy home She took all my records, the hits, the unknowns She took all the Beatles She took all the Eagles She took all the Stones And lonely ain't easy And lonely ain't kind And lonely won't leave me She's a good friend of mine Nine years of my life I'll never get back Ain't it funny how the good times never outweigh the bad? And that diamond couldn't cut through all the problems we had I was always gone She was all alone What chance did we have? Lonely ain't easy Lonely ain't kind Lonely won't leave me She's a good friend of mine ♪ See I follow the rules, and I play the part And all I've got left is this Tin-Man heart No matter how hard I try, it won't seem to start She said, "I'll always love you" She said, "I'll never leave you 'til death do us part" And lonely ain't easy And lonely ain't kind And lonely won't leave me 'Cause she's a good friend of mine She's here every morning She's in bed when I get home Sometimes I wish lonely would just leave me alone Leave me alone Leave me alone