When the world is read y to fall
on your lit tle shoul ders, re mem ber, and when you’re feel in’ lone ly and small,
and you need the some bod y there to hold you.
So You can call out my name
when you’re on ly lone ly.
Now, don’t you ev er be a (D)shamed.
You’re on ly lone ly.
When you need some bod y a round
on the nights that try you,
re mem ber, and I was there when you were a queen,
and I’ll be the last one y there be side you.
So you can call out my name
when you’re on ly lone ly.
Now, don’t you ev er be a (D)shamed.
You’re on ly lone ly.
ly.
(You’re on ly lone ly.)
(You’re on ly lone ly.)
(You’re on ly lone ly.)
When the world is read y to fall
on your lit tle shoul ders,
and when you’re feel in’ lone ly and small,
you need some bod y there to hold you.
So don’t you ev er be a (D)shamed
when you’re on ly lone ly.
(F#m)You can call out my name
when you’re on ly lone ly.
(You’re on ly lone ly.)
(You’re on ly lone ly.)
(You’re on ly lone ly.)
ly.
(You’re on ly lone ly.)
(You’re on ly lone ly.)
(You’re on ly lone ly.)
This page shows “You're Only Lonely” by J.D. Souther in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of A at 100 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.