Meant To Be Lonely

She puts on a smile for the rest of the world,

Greets all she meets with “Hello.”

She wears this mask from eight to five everyday

And no one even knows.

They all see what’s on the outside,

Like she’s got the world in her hands,

But they don’t even know…

When she goes home her smile fades away,

And tears fall more often than not.

So she asks God every day

Why her life has turned out this way.

She’s finally come to believe…

Some people are meant to be lonely.

Some people are meant to be alone.

Some people are meant to be lonely.

Some people are meant to grow old alone.

She punches the clock and walks out the door,

Her heels click across the floor.

All their heads turn and wonder just who

The lucky man is waiting at home.

And no one even knows

The truth is there’s nobody there

And a single tear falls into her single glass of Champaign.

Before she crawls into bed, she gets on her knees

And she prays to Him every night,

“God, oh please, send him my way,

Because I can’t live this kind of life.”

Some people are meant to be lonely.

Some people are meant to be alone.

Some people are meant to be lonely.

Some people are meant to grow old alone.

It’s a sad prospect indeed

Because we’d all like to believe

There’s someone for everyone out there

And someday we’ll find the one who completes us.

But she knows the bitter truth.

Some people will always be lonely,

Some people will always be alone.

She knows she was meant to be lonely,

She knows she’ll grow old alone.

Tonight, she gets off her knees.

She won’t pray anymore.

The chair slips from under her feet.

And she is no more.