It Takes Too Long to Learn to Live Alone - Mel Torme

I leave the house, I catch the bus

And go to work the way I did before

The same routine most everyday

Except I guess I see my folks much more

A year has passed, I thought by now

That I could make a new life of my own

But habits are so hard to break

I think of you and I still ache

It takes too long to learn to live alone

It’s really bad when Friday comes

Because I know the weekend lies ahead

The walks we took, the football games

And when it rained, how late we stayed in bed

I’ve done so much to change the house

The attic’s full of memories I’ve known

And yet when I turn out the light

I wait for you to say 'goodnight'

It takes too long to learn to live alone

I go on dates, but when I do

I always find before the night is through

The same old thing behind my smile

I’m sitting there comparing him to you

And in the end it’s always you

I feel it even more when I get home

I thought that I was free of you

But I was wrong, I never knew

It takes too long to learn to live alone

And in the end it’s always you

I feel it even more when I get home

I thought that I was free of you

Oh, but I was wrong, I never knew

It takes too long to learn to live alone

I’m alone