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
