Did you ever say I'm lonesome and stop to wonder really what lonesome is Lonesome is a little boy standing in a crowd a telephone ringing in an empty house Lonesome is an autumn leave that first falls from its tree lonesome is me Lonesome is a footstep with out of place to go Or summer is 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 that a clock makes when all you have is time Lonesome is a heart that breaks when love has turned to hate The dying 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