Ridley Bent Lonesome Town 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,
A 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,
And I ask him where I am

Lonesome town,
You're welcome if you're here to drown,
But if you've got some livin' to do,
There's the door, son,
This town's full of lonesome,
This town's full of lonesome

I throw down a couple pints,
A couple more and I stay the night,
The night turns to weeks,
And the weeks to years

Time flies when you're dyin' slow,
And I buried that bar keep 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 livin' to do,
There's the door, son,
This town's full of lonesome,
This town's full of lonesome

I take to tendin' bar,
Chain smokin' and drinkin' hard,
I dim the lights 'cause I like it dark,
And I stoke the fire

Time flies when you're dyin' slow,
And a broken wing walks through the door,
She says 'I think I'm lost,
And I need a whiskey on the rocks'

Lonesome town,
You're welcome if you're here to drown,
But if you've got some livin' to do,
There's the door, ma'am,
This town's full of lonesome,
This town's full of lonesome,
This town,
This town,
Is full of lonesome