As she's walking out of the laundromat
 Down the street and it's the short way home
 Feeling special cause she's so alone

 But we know:
 (The world's full of lonely people)
 And it shows
 (The world's full of lonely people)

 She shrugs her coat off and unlocks the door
 Eats her dinner on the kitchen floor
 Writes a poem and turns the radio on
 Every singer sings the same old song

 And it goes:
 (The world's full of lonely people)
 And it shows
 (The world's full of lonely people)

 But when we she wanted me to go
 She just had to let it show
 To bring me down if she wanted me to leave
 She just wore it on her sleeve
 But at least, I was around

 But when we she wanted me to go
 She just had to let it show
 To bring me down if she wanted me to leave
 She just wore it on her sleeve
 At least, I was around

 Mary Ellen makes the moment count
 As she's looking through old photographs
 Pictures taken from an early age
 Faces look back at her from the page
 And they say

 (The world's full of lonely people)
 It's ok
 (The world's full of lonely people)
 It's ok
 (The world's full of lonely people)

 But when we she wanted me to go
 She just had to let it show
 To bring me down if she wanted me to leave
 She just wore it on her sleeve
 But at least, I was around
 I was around
 I was around
 I was around

 Mary Ellen makes the moment count