It's obvious that dealing with this   Is tearing you apart   I'd like to try to say I could help you more   But I've already done my part      We'll try to talk through this affliction   We'll talk the whole night through   But when she comes around again   You'll say, you feel like she needs you      Well, I can't believe   That you're willing to be   Afflicted because weakness and love   Are not one and the same      Why can't you try to understand   Why can't you walk away?   I walk a lonely path in a lonely town   But I'd rather live this way      Than to suffer subjugation   From a self-obsessive queen   You didn't want to believe she's not what she seems   You close your eyes so you can't see      And you can't hear a word I say      Is anybody there really listening   Does anybody hear?   You lift her up again and when she's up again   She won't even let you near      And now you're sitting all alone   Staring again at the telephone   You think she's thinking of you   But she's not thinking of you   Her mind is as empty as your stare      They say the grass is always greener on the other side   Because you want what you can't have   And all that you have is my sympathy   Well, my sympathy you have      I'm not trying to be her enemy   I'm trying to be your friend   Sometimes I want to scream   What's wrong with you?   Don't turn your back again      Is anybody there really listening   Does anybody hear?   You lift her up again and when she is up again   She won't even let you near      And now you're sitting all alone   Staring again at the telephone   You think she's thinking of you   But she's not thinking of you   Her mind is as empty as your stare      She lives her life alone   I know you don't know why   She lives her life alone   She doesn't care enough to try      Is anyone, is anyone, is anybody there?   Is anyone, is anyone, is anybody there?   Is anyone, is anyone, is anybody there?   Is anyone, is anyone, is anybody there?