## Metadata
**Caption:** teen idol ballad, string orchestra, slow tempo, romantic, late 1950s pop, 75 bpm, male vocal
**BPM:** 40
**Duration:** 145.0s
**Key:** E♭ major
**Time Signature:** 4

## Lyrics
[verse]
The porch light hums above an empty street
Every window glows but mine
I count the cars that pass and never stop
Waiting out of time

[chorus]
I'm just a shadow standing in the crowd
Nobody hears me when I call out loud
A heart that's knocking but the door stays closed
I'm the one that no one knows

[verse]
I practiced all the words I'd never say
Rehearsed a smile I'll never wear
I watch the couples walking home at dusk
And wonder why I'm still out here

[chorus]
I'm just a shadow standing in the crowd
Nobody hears me when I call out loud
A heart that's knocking but the door stays closed
I'm the one that no one knows

[bridge]
Maybe somewhere there's a girl like me
Counting stars and feeling just as free
Maybe if I wait beneath this same old sky
Someone will finally walk on by

[chorus]
I'm just a shadow standing in the crowd
Nobody hears me when I call out loud
A heart that's knocking but the door stays closed
I'm the one that no one knows