Brooks & Dunn

How do You Get That Lonely

Brooks & Dunn


It was just another story written 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 the 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 know 

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 know 

It was just another story printed on the second page 
Underneath the Tiger's football score...