It’s lonely in this world we’ve built
Oh there are lots of people
Record numbers of people and we talk
At least, our mouths move, we speak
We say non-consequential things
Cause God forbid we say anything relevant
Which might also be offensive
So we say, nice day, lovely weather
Or terrible weather, but quickly, I’m sure it will improve
Never know they might be related to a meteorologist
Wouldn’t want anyone’s feelings hurt
Because we hate snow and ice, no of course
We talk, we ask how are the kids, the hubby
We would never say are you dealing with your kids
Drug problem, your husbands sexual transgressions
We would never say, no actually, I’m not fine
I’m lonely and I worry about getting older alone
I miss the kids’ cause they all grew up so fast
And life just hasn’t been the way I expected it to be
Hell we don’t even say, yes life is wonderful, I’m too happy
For words, why make someone else feel bad if they aren’t as happy
It’s a lonely world we live in, but it doesn’t have to be
Lets try talking, really talking, see if we can’t find some depth
In this life grown too shallow, some warmth in this
World grown too cold…. Let’s talk