It Takes Too Long to Learn to Live Alone

"I leave the house, I catch the bus

And go to work, the way I did before

The same routine most every day

Except I guess, I see my folks much more

A year has passed, I thought by now that

I could make a new life of my own

But habits are so hard to break

I think of you and I still ache

It takes too long to learn to live alone

It's really bad when Friday comes,

Because I know the weekend lies ahead

The walks we took, the football games

And when it rains how late we stayed in bed

I've done so much to change the house,

The attic's full of memories that I've known

And yet, when I turn out the light

I wait for you to say goodnight

It takes too long to learn to live alone

I go on dates but when I do

I always find before the night is through

The same old thing behind my smile

I'm sitting there comparing him to you

And In the end, it's always you

I feel it, even more, when I get home

I thought that I was free of you,

But I was wrong, I never knew

It takes too long to learn to live alone

And In the end, it's always you,

I feel it, even more, when I get home,

I thought that I was free of you,

But I was wrong, I never knew

It takes too long to learn to live alone

I'm so alone