John Mayer
Perfectly Lonely lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 2009
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 4:29
Had a little love, but I spread it thin
Falling in her arms and out again
Made a bad name for my game 'round town
Tore out my heart and shut it down
Nothing to do, nowhere to be
A simple little kind of free
Nothing to do, no one but me
And that's all I need
I'm perfectly lonely
I'm perfectly lonely
I'm perfectly lonely, yeah
'Cause I don't belong to anyone
Nobody belongs to me
I see my friends around from time to time
When their ladies let them slip away
And when they ask me how I'm doing with mine
This is always what I say
Nothing to do, nowhere to be
A simple little kind of free
Nothing to do, no one to be
Is it really hard to see?
Why I'm perfectly lonely?
I'm perfectly lonely
I'm perfectly lonely, yeah
'Cause I don't belong to anyone
Nobody belongs to me
And this is not to say, there never comes a day
I'll take my chances and start again
And when I look behind on all my younger times
I'll have to thank the wrongs that led me to a love so strong
I'm perfectly lonely
I'm perfectly lonely
I'm perfectly lonely, yeah
'Cause I don't belong to anyone
Nobody belongs
That's the way, that's the way, that's the way that I want it
That's the way, that's the way, that's the way that I want it
That's the way, that's the way, that's the way that I want it
That's the way, that's the way, that's the way that I want it
That's the way, that's the way, that's the way that I want it
That's the way, that's the way, that's the way that I want it
That's the way, that's the way, that's the way that I want it
That's the way, that's the way, that's the way that I want it
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Key vocabulary
- falling
- moving downwardB2
- tore
- past of tear (rip)
- shut
- closed; not openA2
- nowhere
- no placeA2
- one
- a single numberA1
- that's
- that isA1
- i'm
- I amC2
- perfectly
- in a perfect wayB1
- lonely
- sad because aloneB1
- don't
- do notA1
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About this song
John Mayer is an American singer-songwriter whose work spans blues, pop, and R&B, along with later jam-influenced material. He is known for his hit songwriting and distinctive guitar playing that blend classic rock and soul, and for forming Dead & Company with surviving members of the Grateful Dead.