Lonely People Song Lyrics and Chords by Eddy Arnold
Lonely People
Recorded by Eddy Arnold
Written by Harlan Howard
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Late at night a disc jockey plays a
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sad song by request
For some lonely
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girl in a
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one room world whose
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tears won't let her
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rest
For she
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lives every word of the song she just heard
As she
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clutches her pillow so
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tight
She's
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just one of those lonely
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people in the
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night
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It's
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three a.m. in New York City
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but the wino he doesn't know
His
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bottle is
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empty his pockets are empty
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where did his pals all
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go
He shared with them and he cared for them
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For a while everything was all
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right
Now
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he's one of those lonely
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people in the
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night
Just
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look at the lonely people in this
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world
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There's too many
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women without a man
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and boys without a girl
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If we lonely people could find one another
What a happy
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world this could
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be
For there's too many
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lonely people just like
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me
FAQ
Who sang the the song Lonely People?
- The song Lonely People was sang by Eddy Arnold.
Who is Eddy Arnold?
- Richard Edward Arnold (May 15, 1918 - May 8, 2008) was an American country music singer who performed for six decades. He was a Nashville sound (country/popular music) innovator of the late 1950s, and scored 147 songs on the Billboard country music charts, second only to George Jones. He sold more than 85 million records. A member of the Grand Ole Opry (beginning 1943) and the Country Music Hall of Fame (beginning 1966), Arnold ranked 22nd on Country Music Television's 2003 list of "The 40 Greatest Men of Country Music."
