She picks the mirror off the floor And then she sees Her husband who's been dead now For seventeen years Alone alone All the times lost and gone All the love and the songs she sings Doesn't bring him back to her She feels the image come to life And then she cries She knows she's living in the past And wants to die Alone alone And he'll never return And the candle that burns In the night when she asks for reasons why She still can see him coming home When work was through His pipe his chair still waiting As if they knew Alone alone When you know you cannot smile For the dreams deeply pile All the vows that you made are useless now