This is hard to say but as I wandered through the lea I felt for just a fleeting moment That I suddenly was free of being lonely Then I closed my eyes and saw the very reason why
I saw a man with his head bowed low His heart had no place to go I looked and I thought to myself with a sigh There but for you go I
I saw a man walking by the sea Alone with the tide was he I looked and I thought as I watched him go by There but for you go I
Lonely men around me Trying not to cry 'Til the day you found me There among them was I
I saw a man who had never known A love that was all his own I thought as I thanked all the stars in the sky There but for you go I