Songwriter: Jonathan Cain Steve Perry
Producer: Mike Stone Kevin Elson
[Verse 1]
You've been picked and it's over
What's that chip on your shoulder?
Outside were solid rainbows
Inside is where the heart grows
Picking up the pieces
Something more to believe in
[Chorus:]
As you search the embers
Think what you've had, remember
Hang on, don't let go now
You know, with every heartbeat, we love
Nothing comes easy
Hang on, ask the lonely
[Verse 2]
You've got some fascination
With your high expectations
This love is your obsession
Your heart, your prized possession
Let down your defenses
Won't be up to the one who cares
[Chorus]
When you are feeling love's unfair
You just ask the lonely
When you are lost in deep despair
You just ask the lonely
[Outro]
Ask the lonely
When you are down in deep despair[x2]
Ask the lonely
Lonely
You've been picked and it's over
What's that chip on your shoulder?
Outside were solid rainbows
Inside is where the heart grows
Picking up the pieces
Something more to believe in
[Chorus:]
As you search the embers
Think what you've had, remember
Hang on, don't let go now
You know, with every heartbeat, we love
Nothing comes easy
Hang on, ask the lonely
[Verse 2]
You've got some fascination
With your high expectations
This love is your obsession
Your heart, your prized possession
Let down your defenses
Won't be up to the one who cares
[Chorus]
When you are feeling love's unfair
You just ask the lonely
When you are lost in deep despair
You just ask the lonely
[Outro]
Ask the lonely
When you are down in deep despair[x2]
Ask the lonely
Lonely
- Two of a Kind: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1983)
- Frontiers (1983)
- Greatest Hits (1988)
- Time 3 (1992)
- The Essential Journey (2001)
- Don’t Stop Believin’
- Faithfully
- Open Arms
- Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)
- Lights
- Wheel in the Sky
- Lovin’, Touchin’, Squeezin’
- Stone In Love
- Who’s Crying Now
- Any Way You Want It
- Only the Young
- When You Love A Woman
- After All These Years
- Send Her My Love
- Feeling That Way
- Girl Can’t Help It
- I’ll Be Alright Without You
- Mother, Father
- Still They Ride
- Open Arms (live)
- Be Good To Yourself
- Ask the Lonely
- After the Fall
- Escape