Songtext Walkin' home alone Stan Ridgway

Walkin' home alone

Now theres last sundays paper
Crumpled up and rollin down the street
Away
And theres a piece of gum
Just waitin for a ride on someones feet
Today

Chorus:
And tonight Ill be walkin home alone

Now, theres a million things I said
And twice as many that I didnt say
Yay-ay
And I remember an afternoon
A broken coffee cup, and some broadway tune
And I shook her hand
And I said okay

And now as I stroll by some skinny dog
Left outside without a bone
Tonight, Ill be walkin home alone

Chorus repeat

And aint it funny how one afternoon
Can make two people stop and say
That all the time they spent together
Didnt really mean that much anyway... no, not much.
Just a sinkful of dirty dishes
And a picture in a drawer
And a hairbrush on the table
And a hole punched in a door
And if she were here right now
Id tell her things I never told her before

So now I hear a clock and I get up fast
Draw the curtain on a brand new day
I cant wait to get this cast off
The telephones deadcci guess they turned it off today
Turn the key on the mailbox slot
Lookin for a letter, but bills is all Ive got
And even the cat she left me with
Is goin out with someone else

So put another quarter in the jukebox, pete
But dont play that one with the sad trombone
cause tonight, Ill be walkin home alone
And tonight, Ill be walkin home alone
All alone
Walkin home
All alone.