Lonesome Town by Ridley Bent 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