life holds no fascination without you here with me each hour s eternity and friends are small consolation talk doesn t ease the pain the hurt can t be explained only a lonely heart knows how the memory cuts like a knife since you walked out of my life i m half crazy day and night and only a lonely heart knows how the heartache it grows and grows oh how long does it take till the heartache goes only a lonely only a lonely heart knows time is a friend and an enemy in time the hurt might end till then the walls close in i m so lost i m numbed by your leaving me i sit alone and stare you don t know till you ve been there and only a lonely heart knows how the memory cuts like a knife since you walked out of my life i m half crazy day and night and only a lonely heart knows how the heartache it grows and grows oh how long does it take till the heartache goes only a lonely only a lonely heart knows tell me how long does it take till the heartache goes only a lonely only a lonely yes only a lonely only a lonely heart knows