In the first verse Bruce is talking to woman who left him because of some reason that was clear for both (probably lack of money - like he said "times were tough)
In the refrain, he says "But when you're alone, you're alone". He knows that one day she will regret that she left him and will suffer from loneliness (despite being in "pretty form")
In the third verse he talks about how he managed to move on after their divorce, and that he still missed her a lot and felt like a "baby crawling home". By which he means that the old love that they had hid him again, and made him want to come back to her
Then he continues with "when you're alone you're alone", which clearly makes his situation look even more sad - he is lonely and miserable when alone (simply - single)
In the last verse he says that he knew that the same thing that happened to him in third verse would happen to her. Her feelings towards him eventually returned... BUT!
His feelings towards her disappeared. He says that "when love goes it's gone gone gone". It doesn't mean that he lost feelings for her forever but most likely they are LONG gone.
He is leaving her with the sad refrain, which is the only thing she got left to understand - "when you're alone, you're alone". She is going to experience the worst things connected with those words (rejection, loneliness, sadness, failure, etc.)
In the first verse Bruce is talking to woman who left him because of some reason that was clear for both (probably lack of money - like he said "times were tough)
In the refrain, he says "But when you're alone, you're alone". He knows that one day she will regret that she left him and will suffer from loneliness (despite being in "pretty form")
In the third verse he talks about how he managed to move on after their divorce, and that he still missed her a lot and felt like a "baby crawling home". By which he means that the old love that they had hid him again, and made him want to come back to her
Then he continues with "when you're alone you're alone", which clearly makes his situation look even more sad - he is lonely and miserable when alone (simply - single)
In the last verse he says that he knew that the same thing that happened to him in third verse would happen to her. Her feelings towards him eventually returned... BUT!
His feelings towards her disappeared. He says that "when love goes it's gone gone gone". It doesn't mean that he lost feelings for her forever but most likely they are LONG gone.
He is leaving her with the sad refrain, which is the only thing she got left to understand - "when you're alone, you're alone". She is going to experience the worst things connected with those words (rejection, loneliness, sadness, failure, etc.)