You ran cryin' 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

That old man sat down beside me

Looked me in the eye

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

You ought to 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 lived through the story

That's still livin' in me

And you don't know about sadness

'til you faced life alone

You don't know about lonely

'til it's chiseled in stone

So I brought these pretty flowers

Hopin' you would understand

That 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 lived through the story

That old man just told me

You don't know about sadness

'til you 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