Won't somebody help me please

'Cause I've been lonely for so long

Don't seem like happiness will come along

I've been lonely for so long

Don't seem like happiness will come along


These ain't clouds rain over my head

Everybody's throwing rocks in my bed

Just can't seem to get ahead in life

Nothing I do ever turn out right


Won't somebody help me please

'Cause I've been lonely for so long

Don't seem like happiness will come along

I've been lonely for so long

Don't seem like happiness will come along


I lay awake every night

Trying to figure out how to make things right

There's got to be a better way I know

To shake this monkey off 'cause it's making me so


Won't somebody help me please

'Cause I've been lonely for so long

Don't seem like happiness will come along

I've been lonely for so long

Don't seem like happiness will come along


Yes I know what it feels like to be lonely

To have your friends turn their backs on you

Yes I've been lonely

Never know the real meaning of peace and harmony, yeah


I lay awake most every night

Trying to figure out how to make things right

There's got to be a better way I know

To shake this monkey off "cause it's making me so


Won't somebody help me please

'Cause I've been lonely for so long

Don't seem like happiness will come along

I've been lonely for so long

Don't seem like happiness will come along