Lonely Lady #17

Lonely lady one, she run away.<br>And number two, she do the same.<br>Lady number three walk out on me<br>like number four.<br>Who`s keeping score?<br>Lady five, oh how she lied.<br>She made me pay some dues.<br>Six and seven, eight, nine, ten,<br>they really were bad news.<br><br>Oh no, they`d only break my heart.<br>That`s how it seems.<br>And then I finally came upon<br>a lady seventeen.<br><br>Lonely lady number seventeen,<br>she stayed a while.<br>She had the style.<br>Lonely lady number seventeen,<br>she got to be with lonely me.<br>Lonely, lonely lady number seventeen, yeah.<br>Lonely lady!<br><br>Ladies eleven, twelve and thirteen,<br>they came and went.<br>"Baby," I still can hear them sayin`<br>"It`s time to repent."<br>I turned around,<br>and there she was<br>with such a sweet surprise:<br>a lovin` face,<br>lovin` smile,<br>and love lights in her eyes.<br><br>Lonely lady number seventeen,<br>you stayed a while.<br>You had the style.<br>Lonely lady number seventeen,<br>come on and be<br>with lonely me<br>Oh no, when lady fourteen walked out,<br>that`s when I screamed.<br>No luck with lady fifteen<br>or sweet sixteen.<br><br>But lonely lady number seventeen,<br>you stayed a while.<br>You had the style.<br>Lonely lady number seventeen,<br>come on an be<br>with lonely me.<br>Lonely, lonely lady<br>number seventeen, yeah!<br>Lonely lady!<br>She makes me feel so sociable