Lonely Afternoon Lyrics - Workbook - Bob Mould

Oh, well, the silence in this house 

It echoes in this house 

Though I pull myself together 

Say, "Today, I will get out" 

The world, it changed without me 

Well, you should hear what I've been told 

The streets I see are blasphemy 

Lined with paper cups and gold 

And in some dream, I think 

That every word I dare to speak 

Well, someone's always leaning over me 

Well, lean all over me 

A giant vision in the distance 

We'll chase that rainbow down 

I hear a pound, pound, pounding in my chest 

I hear a knock, a knocking sound 

Oh, it's the slivers flowing through my veins 

It's a sign that I'm alive 

You're lucky, oh, my friend, so lucky 

You're lucky just to be alive 

As words go turning by 

I wish they'd all come clear 

In this room 

Another lonely afternoon 

A lonely afternoon 

A lonely afternoon 

A lonely afternoon 

I can count the lonely days 

I get by, as they go by 

Standing in the stairway by this room 

By this room 

They've held me down for long enough 

Like a flower, I need to grow 

The frail and tender heart 

Been shipwrecked with a fool 

Oh, feeling so abused, well, sometimes 

Life can be so cruel 

And the ones who make decisions for you 

Well, they better understand 

But you don't know what made me think of that 

A lonely afternoon 

A lonely afternoon 

A lonely afternoon 

A lonely afternoon 

A lonely afternoon 

A lonely afternoon 

A lonely afternoon 

A lonely afternoon