Why must I love the heartless one Who'll never know the harm she's done Though love is blind I should have known Just call me lonesome from now on I climb the stairs up to my room But no one meets me in my gloom The silence tells me she's gone Just call me lonesome from now on [ steel ] These walls will hide me when I cry And hope that heaven lets me die What good is life when hope is gone Just call me lonesome from now on I pray my memories at last Will fade into the distant past If I must live and love alone Just call me lonesome from now on