Alone in a barroom a young girl is sitting
And smiling at nothing at all
And she stares now and then at the eyes of the men
In the mirror that hangs on the wall.

She's waiting for someone and knowing there's no one
Who cares if she comes or she goes
Just a soul in the shadows the world never sees
She's somebody nobody knows.

Someone no one's ever known
Crying where no one can hear
Somebody's dying alone in a city
Where nobody cares.

Down in the gutter an old man had fallen
Like something the world threw away
And the late crowd was leavin' and nobody even took time
To look down where he lay.

The old man was crying and helplessly
Trying to wipe off the stain from his clothes
Just a soul in the shadows that life left behind
He's somebody nobody knows.

Someone no one's ever known
Crying where no one can hear
Somebody's dying alone in a city
Where nobody cares...