every evening when the sun goes down i sit here in my room and the lamplight shining on me projects my lonely gloom my counterpart in agony mocks each tear that falls and i cast a lonesome shadow on these lonely lonely walls he s always by my side at night no matter where i go he lurks out in the darkness or in the neon s glow he follows me across the steps and up and down the halls and i cast a lonesome shadow on these lonely lonely walls i sit and watch the candle and the flicker of the flame my writhing shadow twists and turns as though it is in pain i m trying to escape the memory my heart recalls and i cast a lonesome shadow on these lonely lonely walls the image of a love i lost and all the things i d planned are as empty as the bottle that i hold in my hand my soul is buried in the depths of love and life s pitfalls and i cast a lonesome shadow on these lonely lonely walls i cast a lonesome shadow on these lonely lonely walls