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A Lonely Place

ComposerJohnny Mandel
LyricistPaul Francis Webster
Year Written1969

About This Song

“A Lonely Place” was written by Johnny Mandel and Paul Francis Webster for the 1969 Western film Heaven With a Gun.

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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

1969Columbia LP 12″: CS 9882 — I’ve Gotta Be Me
1969Columbia 45: 4-44947
1969CBS 45: 4527
2009Beat Goes On CD: 886 — For Once In My Life/I’ve Gotta Be Me [UK]
2011Columbia: The Complete Collection — Disc 38 — I’ve Gotta Be Me

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