Stephanie stares at the posters on the wall

Tina sits and waits for a telephone call

Maxine mixes alcohol with polythene and paint

Sylvia stays in bed on her own

She can hear the cars outside

and wonders where they go

And if you call her answer phone

She'll get back to you one day



And lonely girls, lonely girls fill the world



Oh, Julia dreams while she's typing away

Jackie kills time while the company pays

Tracy still hears 808 ringing in her brain

Jane slaps paints on the walls of her home

Lydia sings when she thinks she's alone

Jean gets drunk and wonders home,

Through the car parks that need her change



Yeah, lonely girls, lonely girls fill the world



And they smile through the summer

And laugh in the rain

And sing through the winter

But never show the pain



Oh sometimes our lives are not what they seem

Sometimes things aren't like they are

in lifestyle magazines

We see what we want to see

In this miracle of clay



Well lonely girls, lonely girls fill the world