Two happy people on a Greyhound bus
We came here looking for a life for us
But the night life is his new life and the only thing I've found
Is San Francisco is a lonely town.

Oh, there were good times, for a little while
But now his new friends, they say I cramp his style.
I guess I'm only in his way now
He doesn't need me hanging 'round
Oh, San Francisco is a lonely town.

Now he's out there somewhere
'Cross San Francisco Bay
And he'll be wondering where I am
When he gets in today.

And then he'll notice that all my things are gone
And while he stands there in that room alone,
And while this Greyhound, it keeps on rolling
I pray the Lord he's found, San Francisco is a lonely town.

San Francisco is a lonely town
He'll find that San Francisco is a lonely town