When nothing's of the wrong
Please stay awake till I can find
The reason and the crime

Though I've seen of their happiness
I can only be down
Go take your soul
Make an ode to the lonely hearted

These broken dreams are not what they seem
They're so much more than this
I can't see how she won't think now
Of everything we'll miss

All the words that have gone before
May as well have been known
Go take your soul
Make an ode to the lonely hearted
Go take your soul make an ode to the lonely hearted

I know it's a real live story
But there's so little time
I know it's a real nice story
But it's easy to find

These cigarettes weren't really the thing
They're just to ease my mind
I wonder so if she'll ever know
Of all we've left behind

Of the thirty one dreams we've had
Thirty one were my own
Go take your soul
Make an ode to the lonely hearted
Go take your soul
Make an ode to the lonely hearted
Go take your soul
Make an ode to the lonely hearted