That's What It's Like to Be Lonesome

(Bill Anderson)



That's what it's like to be lonesome

I know 'cause I'm a mighty lonesome guy

The streets are dark and empty and you walk them all alone

You think about your love affair and wonder what went wrong.



You go to bed each night and pray

You'll never see the dawn

Afraid of each tomorrow with its heartless cold unknown

And that's what it's like to be lonesome

A heart a broken love has taught to cry

And that's what it's like to be lonesome

I know cause I'm a mighty lonesome guy.



You search to find a tavern where the music's playing loud

You try to lose your heartache in the laughter of the crowd

But the happy couples make you think

Of things that might have been

And you have to fight the teardrops

Till you're by yourself again

And that's what it's like to be lonesome...