So Lonely

Album: Outlandos d'Amour (1978)
Charted: 6
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  • Well someone told me yesterday
    That when you throw your love away
    You act as if you just don't care
    You look as if you're going somewhere

    But I just can't convince myself
    I couldn't live with no one else
    And I can only play that part
    And sit and nurse my broken heart

    So lonely
    So lonely
    So lonely
    So lonely

    So lonely
    So lonely
    So lonely

    So lonely
    So lonely
    So lonely

    So lonely
    So lonely

    Now no one's knocked upon my door
    For a thousand years or more
    All made up and nowhere to go
    Welcome to this one man show

    Just take a seat they're always free
    No surprise, no mystery
    In this theater that I call my soul
    I always play the starring role

    So lonely
    So lonely (I feel low)
    So lonely (I feel so lonely)
    So lonely (I feel low)
    (I feel so lonely)

    So lonely (I feel low)
    So lonely (I feel so lonely)
    So lonely (I feel low)
    (I feel so lonely)

    So lonely (I feel low)
    So lonely (I feel so lonely)
    So lonely (I feel low)
    (I feel so lonely)

    So lonely (I feel low)
    So lonely (I feel so lonely)

    Lonely, I'm so lonely
    So lonely
    So lonely
    So lonely

    So lonely
    So lonely
    So lonely

    Lonely, I'm so lonely
    I feel so alone
    I feel low
    I feel so
    Feel so low
    I feel low, low
    I feel low, low, low
    I feel low, low, low
    I feel low, low, low
    I feel low, low, low
    I feel low, low, low
    Low, I feel low
    I feel low
    I feel low
    I feel so lonely
    I feel so lonely
    I feel so lonely, lonely, lonely, lone
    Lone, lone, lone
    I feel so lonely
    So lonely
    So lonely
    So lonely

    So lonely (I feel so alone)
    So lonely (I feel so alone)
    So lonely (I feel so lonely)

    So lonely (I feel so alone)
    So lonely (I feel so alone)
    So lonely (I feel so lonely)

    So lonely (I feel so alone)
    So lonely (I feel so alone)
    So lonely (I feel so lonely)

    So lonely (I feel so alone)
    So lonely (I feel so alone)
    So lonely (I feel so lonely)

    So lonely (I feel so alone)
    So lonely (I feel so alone)
    So lonely (I feel so lonely) Writer/s: Christopher Eaton, Gordon Sumner
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

  • Jack from Ca, UsaIn early live performances of So Lonely, Sting would end the song with a line that does not seem to appear in the album version. Right before the last note he'd sing what sounded like to my ears, but is almost certainly something else, "Wonder what went thru my head". I've scoured the internet for years for the answer to this query but have found nothing. Watch the very end of So Lonely at the Hatfield Polytechnic performance for an example of to what I'm referring.
  • Desdinova from The NetherlandsStory of my life, I feel so lonely.

    Love the irony of the song being so joyful.
  • Michael from Vienna (austria)It is a pity that so far hardly anybody has written a comment on this song. I was the first song that I have ever heard by the Police and I was stuck at once both by the song and by the group. It is still one of my favourites songs and in many ways the classic Police song with its reggae rhythm, rock beat, Sting's snearing tenor voice and the raw emotion in the lyrics. I like it better than their later much more polished songs.
  • Zabadak from London, EnglandThe single version is MUCH shorter than the album one!
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