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, 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 ´em slip away
And when they ask me how I´m doin´ 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, and nobody belongs to me
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