[Verse 1] There’s a glass on the table With a ring where your hand used to be And the clock in the kitchen Keeps talking too loudly to me I took off my earrings Let my hair fall down from the fight I don’t need an answer I just need a voice in the light [Pre-Chorus] I know you can’t promise me morning I know I can’t ask you to stay But the room gets so cold after midnight When the music has nothing to say [Chorus] Don’t let me be lonely tonight Don’t leave me here counting the cars in the rain Don’t let me be lonely tonight I know you won’t heal me But hold me the same Don’t call it forever Don’t tell me it’s right Just don’t let me be lonely tonight [Verse 2] I was brave in the hallway I was cool when I watched you go But the elevator closed on your shadow And I lost all the lines I know There’s a dress on the chair back Like a girl I was trying to play There’s a city outside me But it feels like a million miles away [Pre-Chorus] I know this is only a bandage I know where the ache’s coming from But sometimes a heart needs a stranger Who remembers it still can be touched [Chorus] Don’t let me be lonely tonight Don’t leave me here counting the cars in the rain Don’t let me be lonely tonight I know you won’t heal me But hold me the same Don’t call it forever Don’t tell me it’s right Just don’t let me be lonely tonight [Bridge] I don’t need the moon to mean mercy I don’t need the stars to align I don’t need a reason worth keeping I don’t need a beautiful lie I just need the sound of your breathing In the dark on the other side I just need one hand on my shoulder One warm body close to mine And maybe by morning I’ll remember my pride But baby, not tonight [Chorus] Don’t let me be lonely tonight Don’t leave me here counting the cars in the rain Don’t let me be lonely tonight I know you won’t heal me But hold me the same Don’t call it forever Don’t tell me it’s right Just don’t let me be lonely tonight [Final Chorus / Outro] Don’t let me be lonely tonight Let the city keep burning outside of the room Don’t let me be lonely tonight I know it’s not love But it’s something to lose Don’t call it forever Don’t swear by the light Just don’t let me be lonely tonight [Outro] Stay till the morning Or stay till the light Just don’t let me be lonely tonight Don’t let me be lonely tonight
