skies were blue pretty too but the ache in my chest just made it seem cruel oh oh oh oh it s the loneliest of times they say i climbed the stairs walked up the hill and had to catch my breath your old house hadn t changed at all oh to be an animal scurrying through those halls oh oh oh oh it s the loneliest of times you were a lion i bared my throat for you i was your songbird chirpin out a tune a fool a fool back home overdue walked on the irons just to get to you house is alive with music and lights oh to be a mirror inside to catch the sights oh oh oh oh it s the loneliest of times oh oh oh oh it s the loneliest of times oh oh oh oh