Only The Lonely Lyrics
By Roy Orbison

Below are the Only The Lonely Lyrics as well as my demo on how I play this song on the acoustic as well as a video clip of this great tune, which became part of the Roy Orbison biograpy by becoming his first major hit record.

Only The Lonely was written by Roy and co-writer Joe Melson and became a #2 hit in the US and a #1 in the UK, where it stayed on the charts for 6 months. Sonny James also had a #1 with this song in 1969.




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Full Tutorial - 5 min 30 sec

--- Start Of Lyrics For Only The Lonely ---

Dum Dum Dum Dum Diddy Wah - oh yeah yeah yeah -- oh oh oh wha ... only the lonely x 2

Only the lonely ... know the way I feel tonight
Only the lonely ... know this feeling ain't right

There goes my baby ... there goes my heart
They're gone forever ... so far apart.
But only the lonely ... know why ... I cry
Only the lonely

Only the lonely ... know the heartaches I've been through
Only the lonely ... know I've cried and cried for you

Maybe tomorrow ... a new romance
No more sorrow ... but that's the chance
You gotta take ... If you lonely ... heart breaks
Only the lonely ... dumb dumb dumb dumb diddy wha

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