She hates being on her own But she does her best
Empty nights create the hunger for love and tender-ness
She spends so much time alone She says it makes her wonder
If she'll ever find someone who'll make her feel alive
Satisfy the hunger
He always reads a lot at night But he gets tire of it
An empty house deepens his desire for true companion-ship
When he sees him-self in the mirror He don't look no younger
He just keeps on fighting the fear that he'll go through life
Not satisfy the hunger
Oh the hunger The need for loving arms
Oh the hunger Longing for con-tentment of the heart
She picks up a second job at the all night diner
Anything she could do to fill the empty hours
And then by chance her destiny stares across the counter
Lives are change by what they see in each other's eyes
They recognize the hunger
Yeah the hunger