Lonesome Town Lyrics

I was so shaken up I had to leave home,
I drove all night with the radio on.
How did things get so bad,
How did things go so wrong?
Everything I held dear,
Is a thousand miles away from here,
Desperate man plays a dangerous hand.

I slow down �cause I need a drink,
A lonely bar on a dead-end street.
No one but me and the bar keep
I ask him where I am.

Lonesome town,
You�re welcome if you�re here to drown
But if you�ve got some living to do,
There�s the door son.
This town is full of lonesome,
This town is full of lonesome.

I throw down a couple pints
A couple more and I stay the night
Night turns to weeks and weeks to years.
Time flies when you�re dying slow,
And I bury that barkeep up the road
His time had come,
Yeah, he was old and so it goes

Lonesome town,
You�re welcome if you�re here to drown.
But if you�ve got some living to do,
There�s the door son.
This town is full of lonesome,
This town is full of lonesome.

I take to tending bar,
Chain-smoking and drinking hard
Dim the lights because I like it dark
And I stoke the fire
Time flies when you�re dying slow,
And a broken wing walks through the door.
She says �I think I�m lost,
I need a whiskey on the rocks.�

Lonesome town,
You�re welcome if you�re here to drown,
But if you�ve got some living to do,
There�s the door ma�am.
This town is full of lonesome,
This town is full of lonesome.
This town, this town, is full of lonesome.

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