She fell in love with a lover boy 
in the old days I would walk alone 
any other day not disturbing 
while the others roamed 

And I listened to her song 
but would walk on the other side 
we'd be lonely, blue and lonely 

Then she fell in love with another one 
I was older now, and followed a path 
she had learned to be cool, to be caring 
and I thought I should say 
it's too much just to be 
but not enough for the life of me 
to be lonely, blue and lonely 

That's when the river ran dry 
that's when the river was all but a spill 
that's when the river ran dry 
every soul on the shore 
without sail, without will 

She said her saviour was soon to come 
from a long way, to bring back the girl he once knew 
to be true and all loving 
in the very best ways 

And I listened to her song 
but would walk on the other side 
we'd be lonely, blue and lonely 

That's when the river ran dry 
that's when the river was all but a spill 
that's when the river ran dry 
every soul on the shore 
without sail, without will 

If time were a second 
if life were a moment that once stood still 
I'd leave it untattered, untouched, until 

But it's too much just to be 
but not enough for the life of me 
to be lonely, blue and lonely 

She fell in love with a lover boy 
in the old days, I would walk alone 
any other day not disturbing 

And I listened to her song 
but would walk on the other side 
we'd be lonely, blue and lonely 

That's when the river ran dry 
that's when the river was all but a spill 
that's when the river ran dry 
every soul on the shore 
without sail, without will 
and I knew it before, and I do know it still