I picked myself up in a downtown bar  You know the feelin' was lousy  But as I'd come this far  Well it's too easy to drink  When nobody's home  But I hate to eat alone     'N' frozen dinners don't do much for me  When you've got T.V. on the table  'N' T.V. on T.V.  All you do is chew your fingers  Down to the bone  I hate to eat alone     Like the actor who's forgotten his words  You stumble through the story line  Another place another time  When you were with me     They say the city's rotten to the core  There's no communication with each other anymore  But we stopped talkin' to each other a long time before  And I hate to eat alone     Hear it in my words  See it in my eyes  Since you went away  I wear a cheap disguise  Waitin' for the mornin'  Waitin' on the light  Hopin' for the sunshine  Before the night     I didn't tell you that I had to change  So you just took it for granted  That we'd remain the same  I know that nobody's guilty  No one's to blame so I end up on my own  God I hate to eat alone  I hate to eat alone  I hate to eat alone  I hate to eat alone