Key of Lonely

Story Behind The Song

Brian: "Hey Tamara, what key is that song in?" Tamara: "Oh, the key of lonely, I guess." Brian: "Hey you should write a song with that title." Tamara: "OK." Grammy-award winning songwriting consultant, Molly Leiken, called Key of Lonely the best title she's heard all year.

Song Description

Perfectly backed with a sorrowful touch by Merle Sanders on keyboards, Key of Lonely is a sultry and sad portrait of the loneliness that follows a break-up.

Song Length 3:22 Genre Folk - Contemporary, Folk - Contemporary
Lead Vocal Female Vocal Mood Heartbreaking, Poignant
Subject Breaking Up, Loneliness Similar Artists Shawn Colvin, Norah Jones
Language English Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

KEY OF LONELY © Tamara Lewis 2008

It wasn?t what we wanted
Yet we gave it a try
You weren?t who I thought
And neither was I

But our parting put salt
In an old deep wound
So I won?t try again
Anytime soon

And I?ll be playing in the Key of Lonely
For a while


I?ve got penniless pockets
I?m broke to the bone
Cuz I gave all I had
And woke up alone

I?ll be out in the cold looking in
Like a poor kid
walking through the rich part of town

And I?ll be praying to the Patron Saint of Lonely
From now on


Today I talked with a friend
Who dreads going home
But she says hating him
Beats being alone

But I want to come home to love and a smile
So I?ll play in the Key of Lonely
For a while

Lyrics Tamara Lewis Music Tamara Lewis
Producer Loren Weisman Publisher Tamara Lewis
Performance Tamara Lewis Label Self: Lilac Road Productions
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