When You're Alone

"When You're Alone"
Demo by Rivers Cuomo
Album	Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997
Released	December 12, 2011
Recorded	November/December 1993
Length	0:53
Label	self-released
Writer(s)	Rivers Cuomo
RC#	172
Producer(s)	Rivers Cuomo
Status	officially released
Rivers Cuomo song chronology
"Longtime Sunshine" (RC# 171) "When You're Alone" (RC# 172) "Victory on the Hill" (RC# 173)
Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997 track listing
26 tracks "I'm So Lonely" "Getchoo" "Lisa" "Negativland" "You Gave Your Love to Me Softly" "When You're Alone" "Susanne" "There Is No Other One" "Let Me Wash at Your Sink" "Waiting on You" "Oh No, This Is Not for Me" "Tired of Sex" "She's Had a Girl" "What Is This I Find?" "Now I Finally See" "Longtime Sunshine" "I'm Lonely on a Saturday Night" "Oh God I'm Hungry" "I'm on Fire, You're a Liar" "The End of My String" "I Can't Break Your Heart Slow" "Money Makes Me Happy" "My Mind's on You" "Defeat on the Hill" "Clarinet Waltz" "A Glorious Moment"

"When You're Alone" is the sixth track from Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997.

Appearances

• Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997 (2011)
• Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years (2020)

Overview

"When You're Alone" is an original barbershop-style composition written by Rivers Cuomo and recorded in November or December of 1993. The song was unheard by fans until its appearance on Alone III.

Personnel

• Rivers Cuomo – vocals

Lyrics

What good is the sun that shines?
What good is the morning dew?
No matter how sweet
Or lovely the morn'
It's no fun at all
When you're alone

Who cares that the sun has gone?
And rain falls around we too?
No matter how cold
Or dreary the night
I can't help but smile
When you're with me

See also

• List of Rivers Cuomo songs