Intro
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Verse 1
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The streets're dark and empty and you walk them all alone 
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You think about your love affair and wonder what went wrong 
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You go to bed each night and pray you'll never see the dawn 
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Afraid of each tomorrow with its heartless cold unknown 
 
Chorus
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And that's what it's like to be lonesome with a heart a broken love taught to cry 
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And that's what it's like to be lonesome I know 'cause I'm a mighty lonesome guy 
 
Instrumental
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Verse 2
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You search to find a tavern where the music is playing loud 
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You try to lose your heartaches in the laughter of the crowd 
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But the happy couples make you think of things that might have been 
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And you have to fight the teardrops till you're by yourself again 
 
Chorus
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And that's what it's like to be lonesome with a heart a broken love taught to cry 
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And that's what it's like to be lonesome I know 'cause I'm a mighty lonesome guy