Sleepless nights cause him much distress

In his eyes, you see a lack of self-respect

The feel-good jazz has poisoned his mind

And the lowlife blues treats him so unkind

He's falling in and out of touch

It's slipping from his clutch

He is a stranger in a strange land

There's nothing you can do for him

You'll never get through to him

He is God's lonely man

(instrumental break)

On the outside looking in, the scenery rolls by

People pass him but won't look him in the eye

The walls were built to the greatest extremes

There's no escape for the man who lives in dreams

All alone in a crowd

Drowning in uncertainty and doubt

He never really knew the score

All that's left is an empty shell

He no longer knows himself

And he will not take it anymore

(instrumental break)

One man's heart can only take so much

Before he loses all control and self destructs

And even though he lives a life of infamy

He'd rather die than accept your sympathy

(instrumental break)