Alone

Alone

Alone [CD singles #1 & #2, cassette & 12”PD] (1993) 5:16 = =
The Buffalo Skinners (1993) 5:08 =
Live ’93 Bootleg (1995) &
Brighton Rock (1997) 4:59 &
Kings of Emotion (1998) 4:59 &
Live In Cologne (2002) 6:09 &
The Greatest Hits of Big Country and The Skids: The Best of Stuart Adamson (2002) 5:12 =
Singles Collection Vol. 3 - (’88 - ’93) [Alone] (2003) 5:12 =
The Buffalo Skinners (US Master Edition) (2005) 5:14 =
Without The Aid of a Safety Net (Expanded Edition) (2005) 6:10 &
Rarities VIII (2005) 5:09
Twenty Five Live (2007) 4:29

VIDEO
Without The Aid Of A Safety Net (VHS) (1994) &
The Ultimate Collection (VHS & DVD) (2002) 3:08 =
Without The Aid Of A Safety Net (DVD) (2003 & 2005) 6:08 &

Lyrics & Music: Stuart Adamson

Variation Notation: =Album version =Radio edit

The mid-day sky was grey and purple
At least it wasn’t blue
I want the sky to be the way I am
And what I do

For I have been a lost and lonely
Sailor on your sea
Run aground by trusting signals
You were sending me

The streets are filled with empty faces
Nothing here is new
It’s just the same in other places
I have journeyed to

I was the first across the water
the last across the land
I walked out of the silver mine
My pockets full of sand

Alone inside my head
Alone inside my room
I feel alone inside my head
Alone inside my tiny little world

It’s not my life in those old pictures
The ones you threw away
For I was always someone else
And always far away

Walking in the darkest places
Where the mission meets
Waiting for the ground to open up
Beneath my feet

Alone inside my head
Alone inside my room
I feel alone inside my head
Alone inside my tiny little world

Alone inside my head
Alone inside my room
I feel alone inside my head
Alone inside my tiny little world

(repeat to fade)