Inspired by Woland's Virgin Suicides post here. Loved when this song came over the public address radio at the Riverdale Swimming pool in North Dakota in the early 70s. Reminds me of that. I can almost smell the baby oil we had to use to get the tar off our feet (used to seal the cracks in the pool). Good times.

Woot!!

cue Stuart Little

most depressing song ever ?
Haha, sweet jesus the lyrics are heavy.

My wife literally cannot hear this without tearing up.

In a little while from now,
If I'm not feeling any less sour,
I promised myself, to treat myself,
And visit a nearby tower ..........
And climbing to the top,
will throw myself off,
In an effort to, make clear to whoever,
What it's like when you're shattered .......
Left standing in the lurch,
At a church where people saying .....
My God, that's tough, she stood him up,
No point in us remaining .......
May as well go home,
As I did on my own,
Alone again, naturally.

To think that only yesterday,
I was cheerful, bright and gay.
Looking forward to-
Who wouldn't do- the role I was about to play.
but, as if to knock me down,
Reality came around,
And without so much as a mere touch,
Cut me into little pieces.
Leaving me to doubt, Talk about God in His mercy,
Who, if He really does exist,
Why did He desert me?
And in my hour of need,
I truely am, indeed,
Alone again, naturally.

It seems to me that there are more hearts,
Broken in the world that can't be mended,
Left unattended, what do we do?
What do we do?

Alone again, Naturally.

Looking back over the years,
And whatever else that appears.
I remember I cried when my father died,
Never wishing to hide the tears.
And at sixty-five years old,
My mother, God rest her soul,
Couldn't understand why the only man,
She had ever loved had been taken.
Leaving her to start, with a heart so badly broken,
Despite encouragement from me,
No words were ever spoken.
And when she passed away,
I cried and cried all day,

Alone again, naturally
Alone again, naturally.

Back then I thought this was Paul McCartney. Never noticed what a wonderfully depressing song this was...

It is a sad song, and a happy cry.

I remember it in relation to my youth, the Vietnam era.

This song and "Leaving on a Jet Plane" are imbued in my memories of the late 60's.

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