So many old men sitting in the park
waiting for the dawn to come
and chase away the dark
but the night never shakes the stars
from out its hair
and the old man just sit
there and sit there
and sit there and sit there.
So many ladies, all in tailored suits
If they found a man to love,
they'd polish up his boots
But all the men in all the town
were stolen by some crook
And the ladies just look and look and look
And look
Each of us alone, apart
Each of us alone
Oh, the worlds we might have known
If we'd found something
to call our own
A dandelion day per haps
That finally took us home
Something that didn't
go away
Leaving us each alone
So many young men shouting
in the street,
calling down the stars
to help them get up on their feet,
but the stars got troubles
of their own
without a doubt,
and the young men just shout and
shout and shout.
So many little girls chatting in a room
Thinking that talk alone
can chase away the gloom
But all the words in all the world
are whispered on the wind
And the little girls just talk
And the young men shout
And the old men sit
And the ladies just look.
Each of us alone, apart
Each of us alone
Oh, the worlds we might have known
If we'd found something to call our own
A dandelion day per haps
that finally took us home
Something that didn't go away,
Leaving us each alone.
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