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

they'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 want to let it all go

how do you get that lonely. and nobody knows

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 want to let it all go

how do you get that lonely. and nobody knows

it was just another story printed on the second page

underneath the tiger's football score.