"Did you ever say "I'm lonesome" And stop and wonder really what lonesome is?" Lonesome, is a little boy standin' in a crowd. A telephone ringing in an empty house Lonesome is an autumn leaf that first falls from its tree. Lonesome is me Lonesome is a footstep without a place to go, The summer's last robin in winter's first snow, Lonesome is a little dog lost out in the street - lonesome is me. Lonesome is an empty bottle, a half filled glass of wine. The sound the clock makes when all you have is time. Lonesome is a heart that breaks when love has turned to hate. The dyin' sun at the close of day. Lonesome is a jail of tears that won't set me free. Lonesome is me, Lonesome is me, Lonesome is me...