
| Composer | Johnny Mandel |
| Lyricist | Paul Francis Webster |
| Year Written | 1969 |
About This Song
“A Lonely Place” was written by Johnny Mandel and Paul Francis Webster for the 1969 Western film Heaven With a Gun.
View the lyrics
The world can be a happy place
Of stars and cockle shells
Of summer things like garden swings
Of games and carousels
A hundred different pleasures
The heart can not forget
And yet
And yet
The world is such as lonely place
When you are all alone
Your arms reach out to empty space
For dreams you’ve never known
And in the dawn
In silence I explore
I see the one I’ve waited for
Beyond a slowly closing door
Oh please don’t go
For this I know
I need you so
The world’s a lonely place
That’s all until you fall in love
Recordings
Year
Tony Bennett recorded “A Lonely Place” on March 27, 1969. Torrie Zito wrote the arrangement and conducted the orchestra.
CO 100462
Release History
| 1969 | Columbia LP 12″: CS 9882 — I’ve Gotta Be Me |
| 1969 | Columbia 45: 4-44947 |
| 1969 | CBS 45: 4527 |
| 2009 | Beat Goes On CD: 886 — For Once In My Life/I’ve Gotta Be Me [UK] |
| 2011 | Columbia: The Complete Collection — Disc 38 — I’ve Gotta Be Me |