On My Own

On my own pretending he's beside me All alone, I walk with him 'til morning Without him, I feel his arms around me And when I lose my way I close my eyes and he has found me In the rain, the pavement shines like silver All the lights are misty in the river In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight And all I see is him and me forever and forever And I know it's only in my mind That I'm talking to myself and not to him And although I know that he is blind Still I say "There's a way for us" I love him, but when the night is over He is gone, the river's just a river Without him, the world around me changes The trees are bare and everywhere the streets are full of strangers I love him, but every day I'm learning All my life I've only been pretending Without me, his world would go on turning A world that's full of happiness that I have never known I love him I love him I love him, but only on my own Are you okay? Ha-ha On My Own was actually my audition song for Miss Saigon A friend of mine said, "Oh, you should sing On My Own" And I said, "Oh, you mean that Patti LaBelle song?" And he said no So he gave me the cassette and I was blown away So, yes cassette I am old So I sing it and the producers ask for another song I didn't have another song I could sing The Greatest Love of All And Claude-Michel Schönberg looks at me and says, "Yes, but eh, do not sing it like her" I'm guessing he meant Whitney Houston