Intro: 
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Every evening when the sun goes down I sit here in my room 
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And the lamplight streaming over me projects my lonely gloom 
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My counterpart in agony mocks each tear that falls 
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And I cast a lonesome shadow on these lonely,  lonely walls 
 
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He's always by my side at night no matter where I go 
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He lurks out in the darkness or in the neon's glow 
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He follows me across the steps and up and down the hall 
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And I cast a lonesome shadow on these lonely,  lonely walls 
 
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I sit and watch the candle and the flicker of the flame 
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My writhing shadow twists and turns as though it is in pain 
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I'm trying to escape the memory my mind recalls 
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And I cast a lonesome shadow on these lonely,  lonely walls 
 
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The image of a love I lost and all the things I'd planned 
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Are as empty as this bottle that I hold in my hand 
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My soul is buried in the depths of love and life's pitfalls 
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And I cast a lonesome shadow on these lonely,  lonely walls 

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I cast a lonesome shadow on these lonely,  lonely walls