For ages and ages the poets and sages Of love won d’rous love always sing But ask any lover and you’ll soon discover The heartaches that romance can bring What good is the scheming the planning and dreaming That comes with each new love affair The love that you cherish so often might perish And leaves you with castles in air Chorus When you’re alone who cares for starlit skies When you’re alone the magic moonlight dies At break of dawn there is no sunrise when your lover has gone What lonely hours the evening shadows bring What lonely hours with mem’ries lingering Like faded flow’rs life can’t mean anything When your lover has gone When you’re alone who cares for starlit skies When you’re alone the magic moonlight dies At break of dawn there is no sunrise when your lover has gone What lonely hours the evening shadows bring What lonely hours with memories lingering Like faded flow’rs life can’t mean anything When your lover has gone