[Intro: Spoken]
Hey, hey out there, knock it off, will ya?
Hey, give it a rest will ya? I'm tryin' to get some sleep!
Want me to call the cops?
I tell ya, Erma, I can't 'til next week when they start to tear that damn old theatre down

[Verse 1]
The rain was hot, the streets were empty
As downtown closed her eyes
The movie house stood in silence as I said my last goodbyes
Her silver screen was stained with memories
As Cagney shot them down
And as I watched, I was that hero
In dreamlands lost and found

[Verse 2]
Oh, my God, well we both are empty
Paradise and me
Do you believe I'm still chasing rainbows
Everywhere I see?

[Hook]
(Lonely people, lonely people)
Up above these ghetto streets
In penthouse suites, they sit and stare
(Lonely people, lonely people)
They smile and say they're fine
But behind their eyes, they just don't care
(Lonely people)
They just don't care
(Lonely people)
[Outro]
(Lonely people, lonely people)
Beneath these neon streets in subway seats, they crowd for air
(Lonely people, lonely people)
So close and yet so far, they share the secrets of despair
(Lonely people, lonely people)
(Lonely people, lonely people)
(Lonely people, lonely people)
(Lonely people, lonely people)
(Lonely people...)