The lights of this town look a lot dimmer now Than they did back in my single years That high life I knew back before I met you How empty it lately appears I hear half the world is heartbroken And I can't believe it's true For there'd be no room in all the graveyards If the world felt the way that I do Hard times can turn your soul tougher Good times will take you so high True love's the top of the mountain Oh, but lonely ain't hardly alive, no Lonely ain't hardly alive ♪ Now a woman is strong, she gets up, she goes on But a man left lonely won't last He gets stuck in old dreams like a worn out machine That just can't stop replaying the past As one stumbles out of a tavern Another stands begging for food Me, I'd rather be cold, broke and blind Than to live one more night without you Hard times can turn your soul tougher Good times will take you so high True love's the top of the mountain Oh, but lonely ain't hardly alive, no Lonely ain't hardly alive ♪ Hard times will turn your soul tougher Good times will take you so high True love's the top of the mountain Oh, but lonely ain't hardly alive, no Lonely ain't hardly alive Lonely, lonely, lonely ain't hardly alive