The Lonely Life

	  		


Em7 
What if I did not love you? 
C/E 
Where will that be to me 
Em7 
But I wander through the avenues 
C/E 
Under a pall of misery 

(Verse) 
Would I be face down in a gutter 
With cheap whiskey on my breath 
The lonely life of a writer 
Whose words could not pay his debts 

 
      Em             C/E                   G      D/F# 
Saying please don't, please don't pass me by 
      Em         C/E 
I am alive, oh can't you see? 
              G                 D/F# 
That I've been blinded completely 
      Em             C/E                   G      D/F# 
Please don't, please don't pass me by 
      Em         C/E 
I am alive, oh can't you see? 
              G                 D/F# 
That I am pleading for your mercy 


(Verse) 
What if we became strangers? 
Would you notice my face in a crowd? 
And you could you hear the sorrow in my voice? 
Helplessly crying your name out loud 

(Verse) 
Would I be searching for a savior? 
Burned and burning with regret 
The lonely life of a writer 
With one last desperate request 

(Chorus) 
Saying please don't, please don't pass me by 
I am alive, oh can't you see? 
That I've been blinded completely 
Please don't, please don't pass me by 
I am alive, oh can't you see? 
That I am pleading for your mercy 

(Bridge) 
I've been on the lamb 
Being hunted, something fierce 
They say time and tide don't wait for no man 
But I was just hoping 
These storm filled skies will clear 

(Chorus) 
Please don't, please don't pass me by 
Please don't, please don't pass me by 
Please don't, please don't pass me by 
I am alive, oh can't you see? 
That I am pleading for your mercy