Malvina Reynolds: Song Lyrics and Poems  

 

Alone

Notes: words and music by Malvina Reynolds; copyright 1960 Schroder Music Company, renewed 1988. a.k.a. "All Alone in My Quiet Head."

I'll go into my mind and close the door,
And you'll not bother me anymore.
You'll think that I'm here
But I'm off and gone,
I'm not with anyone,
I'm alone.

All alone in my quiet head,
Where there's trees and stars and a trundle bed,
And gentle music and ancient tales,
And milk maids carrying shiny pails,
And distant bells on the evening air,
And it's quiet and good and you're not there.

All alone in my quiet head,
Where there's words that nobody ever said,
And songs that nobody ever heard,
Sung in the night by the emperor's bird,
In a dreamed-of land that is strange and fair,
And it's quiet and good and you're not there.

Malvina Reynolds songbook(s) in which the music to this song appears:
---- Little Boxes and Other Handmade Songs

Other place(s) where the music to this song appears:
---- Sylvia Barratt et al.: Tinder-Box: 66 Songs for Children [as "All Alone in My Quiet Head"] (London: A & C Black, 1982)

Malvina Reynolds recording(s) on which this song is performed:
---- [none]

Recordings by other artists on which this song is performed:
---- Margret RoadKnight: People Get Ready (Move MC3009, 1973)