[Verse 1]
If I have to be alone
Then I should make my mind serene
After all you're born alone, you die alone
You might as well spend every moment in between alone
But if I have to be alone
Then it will be on my own terms
I can never talk about it, ever show it
Even though the world is watching while I squirm alone
[Pre-Chorus 1]
And your bleeding heart friends say, "isn't it sad? "
Then they go make love
While you go insane. insane!
It drives you mad! mad!
[Chorus]
My mind, I love my mind
And if no one can feel the same
I'm a computer with a name
And I've got no one else to blame
If I have to be alone
[Verse 2]
And if nobody understands
That special creature that is me
And if they fail to see the me I see
Then no one else knows truly what it means
To be alone
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Maybe once in a lifetime you lose your will
Then you can let down your guard
But they cower in fear. in fear
It makes you ill! Ill!
[Chorus 2 - Outro]
My heart, my burning heart
And if no one will quench the flame
I'm not obliged to do the same
And then they'll have to share the blame
Because I have to be alone
Because I have to be alone
But I don't want to be alone
If I Have To Be Alone was written by Todd Rundgren.
If I Have To Be Alone was produced by Todd Rundgren.
Todd Rundgren released If I Have To Be Alone on Wed Jan 16 1991.