Can't take it slow 'cause you and I are pushin' time Sometimes love acts out of spite And good things happen over night Are we fools for rushing in? 'Cause already dread the end Lonely ain't no place to start I guess thats just where we are Oh, how I

I'm lonely like a castaway How'd we drift so far away from where we left off yesterday? Heartbreak that I can't escape, a sinking ship I'll never save 'Cause you walked out and left me stranded Nothing left but picture frames Young love, close the

There's a solitary man crying, hold me It's only because he's a-lonely If the keeper of time runs slowly He won't be alive for long! If he only had time to tell of all of the things he planned With a card up his sleeve, what would he achieve? It means

You know I, this is James Brown I'm such a lover of people Because people did so much for me I'm a lover of all humanity, all man kind And I feel that he who has been successful Should look out of for his fellow man, his brother I feel that's my role,

Remind me that I'm lonely No one to play Connect Four with me Knock out the snore From rolling around in my bed I declare war with me 'Cause my heart beats are empty Girls like you remind me that I'm lonely, yeah So once in awhile (I remember)

'Cause it hurts when you hurt somebody Hold me close and I won't leave So much to say but I don't speak And I hate that I let you stop me Taking it slowly I'm afraid to be lonely Nobody told me It's harder than I thought to tell the truth It's gonna

So I can't fuck with just anybody But sometimes I get lonely, I get lonely So let me keep it real with you, real with you Can't keep it real with me, real with me When I get lonely, I get lonely LA confidential, LA confidential 'Cause you know I got

(Come see about me) So won't you hurry, C'mon, boy, see about me Come see about your baby Keeps me crying, baby, for you Keep on crying, baby, for you I've been crying (boo hoo) 'Cause I'm lonely (for you) Smiles have altered (to tears)

Give me a reason 'cause I got nothing to gain Feeling complacent I cannot be contained I'm so lost and lonely now So what are we doing now? Take me away Set me on fire There's no other way Feelings you see Are so hard to believe

All the world is sad and lonely now Everywhere I roam (roam, roam, roam) Keep on telling you my darlin' (darlin') How my heart is going sad (so sad) So sad and lonely Because I'm so far (so far) So far from my folks back home, yeah Do you know way down