Why did you walk away What can I say Ain't much to do Oh so blue And lonely I'd be Without you But I'll never never never never never never never change my mind Ohh what can I lay for you Ain't nothing better to do My momma told me when I was young Ohhhh by myself again It'll never end By myself again doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo mmmmm Here in New York In the afternoon I'm passing the time away In somebody else's room Ohhhh... Solitude Every morning when I get up A tune of that I can reek in my cup And I wrote it in a sugar bowl Every morning just to soothe my soul [Verse 2] In the afternoon In some stranger's room Wishing that I was dead Ooohhhh..... Such solitude oooohhhh [Verse 3] It wasn't so bad if I knew what was happening But my head was full of dope Ahhh... Fooled again by A lot of cocaine... I Drifted home But What can I do late at night Everything felt uptight now I promise myself I'd never lose In a lonely room I let the blues When I sung best too soon It left this room Mmm...