Loneliness of Love

Lyrics

She sits by the phone In the housecoat that she's always worn At the kitchen table in the dark Plays the old machine to hear him talk He says leave a message at the tone 'Cause the two of them ain't home She never thought she'd be here, 3 am, alone The loneliness of love She watched their children grow Tiny fingers curled around her own Kissed and bandaged every bruise and scrape Until one day they just flew away And she only tried to do her best But now the heart once in her chest Lives in their hands so far off the premises The loneliness of love The loneliness of love The loneliness of love A lifetime is never enough The loneliness of love She's packing up the car Moving out to where the grandkids are She'll kiss and bandage every bruise and scrape Until one day they just fly away You can't escape it, everybody wants love Everybody needs it Even when we know just how lonely it can leave you