When You're a Man on Your Own

(Carl Perkins)



They don't have words to say how blue I'm feelin'

This ol' world can lift you up then lay ya' down

It's a mighty lonesome feelin' when your lover's gone

This ol' town go's colder when you're a man on your own.



I keep walkin' the streets of this ol' city

Window shoppin' but I can't see a thing

Just a walkin' and a hummin' this lonesome song

This ol' town grow's colder when you're a man on your own.



--- Instrumental ---



Oh' look at them there smilin' they don't know I'm here

They couldn't care less if I just up and disappeared

Oh' there must be a reason why my nights are so long

It's a mighty lonesome feelin' when you're a man on your own.



Yeah, it's a mighty lonesome feelin' when you're a man on your own...