Only Lonely

Album: Monkey Grip Soundtrack (1981)
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Songfacts®:

  • Written for the 1981 Australian film Monkey Grip, this song is about a heroin-addicted prostitute junkie living on the streets of King's Cross in Sydney. Lead singer Christina Amphlett was in the movie. >>>
    Suggestion credit:
    Alex Portnoy - Sydney, Australia

Comments: 1

  • David from Sydney, AustraliaThe song was originally only available on the mini lp film soundtrack of Monkey Grip(WEA Monkey 1)which reached #25 on the Australian album charts. Another song featured on the album was "Boys in town" which had been an Australian top 10 hit the year before.
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