Only the lonely the motelswe walked the loneliest milewe smiled without any stylewe kiss altogether wrongno intentionwe lied about each others drinkinwe lived without each other thinkin'what anyone would do without me and youchorus: it's like i told youonly the lonely can playso hold on here we gohold on to nothin' we knowi feel so lonely way up herewe mention the time we were togetherso long ago, well i don't rememberall i know is that it makes me feel good nowchorusonly the lonely can playonly the lonely can playchorusonly the lonely can play