A Man Alone

 

Written by: Rod McKuen

Arranged By: Don Costa

Album Title:  The Reprise Collection, Disc 3

Label:  Reprise

Recorded:  3/20/69

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In me you see a man alone

Held by the habit of being on his own

A man who listens to the trembling of the trees

With sentimental ease

 

In me you see a man alone

Behind the wall he's learned to call his home

A man who still goes walking in the rain

Expecting love again.

 

A man not lonely

Except when the dark comes on

A man learning to live with

Memories of midnights

That fell apart at dawn

 

In me you see a man alone

Drinking up Sundays and spending them alone

A man who knows love is seldom what it seems

Only other people's dreams.

 

A man learning to live with

Memories of midnights

That fell apart at dawn

 

In me you see a man alone

Drinking up Sundays and spending them alone

A man who knows love is seldom what it seems

Just other people's dreams.