Lonely, I seem, lonely, I lead

Lonely, I feel, lonely, I bleed

Lonely, I trust and lonely I must

Be the rose with a broken neck



The plow on the farm, the train on the track

The tracks on my arm, the train in a wreck

That's when they all seem to swarm, not when you are all alone

In your home with a broken neck



Help myself to a drink, help myself to the sea

The dogs start to moan and the crows start to peck

At my eyes and down at the ground, oh, and it shows

I am the rose with the broken neck



Lonely, I seem, lonely, I lead

Lonely, I feel and lonely, I bleed

Lonely, I trust and lonely, I must

Be the rose with the broken neck