The Old Violin

I can't recall

One time in my life

I've felt as lonely

As I do tonight

I feel like I could lay down

And get up no more

It's the damnedest feeling

I've never felt it before

Tonight, I feel

Like an old violin

Soon to be put away

And never played again

Don't ask me why I feel like this

Hell, I can't say

I only wish this feeling

Would just go away

I guess it's 'cause the truth

Is the hardest thing I ever faced

'Cause you can't change the truth

In the slightest way

I tried

So I asked myself, I said, John

Where do you go from here?

Then like a fool, I turned around

I looked in the mirror

And there I was seeing

An old violin

Soon to be put away

And never played again

So, one more time, just to be sure

I said, John

Where in the hell do you go from here?

And you know, there wasn't a nickel's worth of difference

When I looked in the mirror

'Cause there, I was seeing

An old violin

Soon to be put away

And never played again

And just like that, it hit me

Why, that old violin and I were just alike

We'd give our all to music

And soon, we'd give our life

(Precious memories)

(How they linger)