Chiseled In Stone

You ran crying to the bedroom

I ran off to the bar

Another piece of Heaven gone to Hell

The words we spoke in anger

Just tore my world apart

And I sat there feelin' sorry for myself

Then, an old man sat down beside me

And looked me in the eye

And he said, "Son, I know what you're going through

You oughta get down on your knees

And thank your lucky stars

That you got someone to go home to"

"You don't know about lonely

Or how long nights can be

'Til you've lived through the story

That's still livin' in me

You don't know about sadness

'Til you've faced life alone

You don't know about lonely

'Til it's chiseled in stone"

So, I brought these pretty flowers

Hoping you would understand

Sometimes, a man is such a fool

Those golden words of wisdom

From the heart of that old man

Showed me I ain't nothin' without you

You don't know about lonely

Or how long nights can be

'Til you've lived through the story

That old man just told me

And you don't know about sadness

'Til you've faced life alone

You don't know about lonely

'Til it's chiseled in stone

You don't know about lonely

'Til it's chiseled in stone