Male Vocal · 2:32
I Gotta Be Alone — Male Vocal — Percussive Acoustic Groove-Rock
Percussive Acoustic Groove-Rock
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I Gotta Be Alone
Words by Douglas Heyes Jr. Listen to the recorded versions and follow the lyric below.
Original Doug Heyes lyrics · AI-generated music & vocals
A traveler who once expected freedom from the road now feels pulled apart by other people's demands. He asks for solitude to recover a sense of himself, even while remembering a lover and promises he cannot easily keep. Being alone is presented as a difficult need, not the absence of affection.
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Recorded versions
3 recordings. Different voices and arrangements bring another side of the song into the light.
Mixed Vocals · 2:58
I Gotta Be Alone — Mixed Vocals — Spoken-Word Jazz-Rock Reinterpretation
Spoken-Word Jazz-Rock Reinterpretation
Lyrics
I Gotta Be Alone
Words by Douglas Heyes Jr
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I GOTTA BE ALONE It's not that you aren't Always on my mind But we both know we live In changing times Sometimes it goes so fast I think I may not last Remember how we used to ride Down by the Riverside Somebody once told me That the Road would set me free It's the only Home I know And I guess it has to be But everywhere I go Someone wants a piece of me Seems this long and lonely Road Might be my Destiny CHORUS: I Gotta Be Alone To find myself again I don't remember who I am But I still try to pretend Ever since I left my Home The Road’s the only Home I've known Another day like yesterday Another chance to find my way Sometimes I really wish That I could leave it all behind Like these old and faded memories In the corners of my mind I remember our first kiss On a Summer Night like this Another time to wonder why Why we have to say Goodbye I promised you we'd be together Till the end of time I just don't know how I can ever Keep these promises of mine I don't know just what that means I just know I still have dreams A life, a love, my one and only Alone with you and never lonely CHORUS: I gotta be alone To find myself again I don't remember who I am But I still try to pretend Ever since I left my Home The Road’s the only Home I've known Another day like yesterday Another chance to find my way The lights come on and you're not there I can't see you anywhere I know you're somewhere out there I can feel you in the air Another place, a saving grace The smile upon a stranger's face Reminds me I'll be coming Home Sometimes I Gotta Be Alone *********
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