The Stars Alone (Hard to Live)

In a day it feels this heart of mine
Growing older as time passes
And the pleasures that grow lost to time
Leave me cold as empty houses

Yes I turned away from this cruel world
All my thoughts undo the secret
Though I laugh with you my friend as you cry
I smile discretely to myself
What I think about you never tells

Alone, alone, the stars alone
Shining down on my home alone
Telling me stories that I'd never have known
Don't stand beside me
Don't bow your own head
Don't make a sound
'Cause the whisper's so hard to hear

Yes it's hard to live from time to time
In a world of worldly changes
But the changes are not wasted time
If you treasure the prolonged occasions

It's a world of loving over you
Makes you stronger for a season
Many blowings have these words that you found
This is where they all come from
Now they're going back where they belong

Back to heaven
(~la la la la, do do do do~)
There's only one way to heaven
(~la la la la, do do do do~)

Alone, alone, the stars alone
Cover us when we're far from home
Lived in solitude where life alone
Where you'll never find it
So don't ever plan
Just lay your head down

Alone, alone, the stars alone
Shining down on my home alone
Telling me stories that I'd never have known
Don't stand beside me
Don't bow your own head
Don't make a sound
'Cause the whisper's so hard to hear
So hard to hear...

(There's a light that shines alone
Where you're all dancing
Far, far from home
So I'm alone
Alone, they say
Oh, so alone so alone)