How Do You Get That Lonely

It was just another story

Printed on the second page

Underneath the Tiger's football score

It said he was only eighteen

A boy about my age

They found him face down on his bedroom floor

There'll be services on Friday

At the Lawrence Funeral Home

Then out on Mooresville highway

The'll lay him 'neath a stone

How do you get that lonely?

How do you hurt that bad

To make you make the call

That havin' no life at all

Is better than the life that you had?

How do you feel so empty

You wanna let it all go?

How do you get that lonely

And nobody know?

Did his girlfriend break up with him?

Did he buy or steal that gun?

Did he lose a fight with drugs or alcohol?

Did his mom and daddy forget to say "I love you, son"?

Did no one see the writing on the wall?

I'm not blamin' anybody

We all do the best we can

I know hindsight's 20/20

But I still don't understand

How do you get that lonely?

How do you hurt that bad

To make you make the call

That havin' no life at all

Is better than the life that you had?

How do you feel so empty

You wanna let it all go?

How do you get that lonely

And nobody know?

It was just another story

Printed on the second page

Underneath the Tiger's football score