You've been grinding out the days, miles and galleys in your palm Spending all of your down time playing amber solitaire Wearing nothing but long sleeves to hide the scars in your arms From the shivered fuzz of burning skin with cigarettes If you're looking down a hole each time you peer out of the blinds I can tell you right now sir that there are still some who care When notes fall like silver and the words ring true like time Your life is not this lonely night, the road is not your only friend You watched the pivot and the swing candle lit in that bar Rolled and tumbled the hall at evening's end On an April Monday night in Cedar Rapids Iowa Your life is not this lonely night, the road is not your only friend Your life is not this lonely night, the road is not your only friend The fog of imitators might blow on through your eyes some nights But they couldn't touch you sitting on the wall at Tailem Bend She shared your last cigarette lord, she was such a sight Your path splits every way from here, the road is not your only friend Your path splits every way from here, the road is not your only friend Your life is not this lonely night, the road is not your only friend Your life is not this lonely night, the road is not your only friend