[Chorus]
Ooh
Ask the lonely
Ask the lonely (Just ask the lonely)
Ask the lonely
Just ask the lonely, baby

[Verse 1: Jermaine]
When you feel that you
You got the strength to make it on your own
People, let me tell you now
That no one here is big enough
To make it on their own
You tell 'em Michael

[Chorus: Michael]
Just ask the lonely
They know the hurt and the pain
Of losing a love you can never, never regain

Ask the lonely
Ask the lonely (Just ask the lonely)
Ask the lonely
Just ask the lonely, baby

[Verse 2: Jermaine]
The young and foolish laugh at love
Oh, will slowly run away
Confident and sure that fate
Will bring another love their way
Somehow, some day
Tell 'em, Mike!
[Chorus]
Just ask the lonely, yeah
How badly a heart can yearn
For losing a love that will never, never return


(Ask the lonely) Yeah
(Ask the lonely) Uh huh (Just ask the lonely)
(Ask the lonely)
(Ask the lonely)

[Bridge]
(They'll tell you) They'll tell you, yeah (Yes they will, baby)

[Chorus]
They'll tell you a story of sadness
A story too hard to believe
Got to tell you the loneliest one is me, yeah
Yes, I'm lonely
Uh huh (Ask the lonely, baby)

(Ask the lonely, baby)
All you got to do is ask me
'Cause I'm so lonely (Ask the lonely, baby)
Yes I am, yes I am
Yes I am, oh, baby (Ask the lonely, baby)
[Chorus]
They're gonna tell you a story of sadness
A story too hard to believe
They're gonna tell you the loneliest one is me
(Ask the lonely, ask the lonely) The lonely one is me!
The lonely one is me
Ask me, yeah
Ask me, yeah
I'm the loneliest one
I'm the loneliest one
Yeah
You'll see yeah, yeah
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
Ooh, the loneliest one is me