Lyrics:

Written by: John Mellencamp She calls me up and says baby it's a lonely ol' night I don't know I'm just so scared and lonely all at the same time Nobody told us it was gonna work out this way No, no, no, no, no I guess they knew we'd work it out in our own way Chorus It's a lonely ol' night Can I put my arms around you It's a lonely ol' night Custom made for two lonely people like me and you Radio playing softly some singer's sad sad song He's singing about standing in the shadows of love I guess he feels awfully alone She says I know exactly what he means Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah And it's a sad, sad feeling when you're living on those in-betweens But it's okay Chorus She calls me Baby She calls everybody Baby It's a lonely ol' night but ain't they all Chorus