Had a little love, but I spread it thin
Falling in her arms and out again
Made a bad name for my game 'round town

Tore out my heart, shut it down

Nothing to do, nowhere to be

A simple little kind of free
Nothing to do, no one but me
And that's all I need


I'm perfectly lonely
I'm perfectly lonely

I'm perfectly lonely, yeah
'Cause I don't belong to anyone, nobody belongs to me


I see my friends around from time to time
When their ladies let 'em slip away
And when they ask me how I'm doin' with mine

This is always what I say

Nothing to do, nowhere to be

A simple little kind of free
Nothing to do, no one to be
Is it really hard to see why


I'm perfectly lonely
I'm perfectly lonely

I'm perfectly lonely, yeah
'Cause I don't belong to anyone, nobody belongs to me


And this is not to say there never comes a day
I'll take my chances and start again
And when I look behind on all my younger times

I'll have to thank the wrongs that led me to a love so strong

I'm perfectly lonely

I'm perfectly lonely
I'm perfectly lonely, yeah
'Cause I don't belong to anyone, and nobody belongs to me


That's the way, that's the way, that's the way that I want it
That's the way, that's the way, that's the way that I want it

That's the way, that's the way, that's the way that I want it
That's the way, that's the way, that's the way that I want it