THAT'S WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE LONESOME
(Bill Anderson)

Bill Anderson - 1960
Jaye P. Morgan - 1961
Patti Page - 1962
Jean Shepard - 1964 
Conway Twitty - 1965
Connie Smith - 1966
Dave Dudley - 1966
Cal Smith - 1972



(SPOKEN:)
(How do you measure loneliness)
(Is it by the count of teardrops)
(The beats of your heart)
(The breath taking that makes one day)
(Or the ticks of the clock)
(That mark a long, long night)
(It's even more, much more)

The streets are dark and empty and you walk them all alone
You think about your love affair and wonder what went wrong
You go to bed each night and pray you'll never see the dawn
Afraid of each tomorrow with its heartless cold unknown

And that's what it's like to be lonesome
With a heart a broken love taught to cry
And that's what it's like to be lonesome
I know 'cause I'm a mighty lonesome guy

(Instrumental Break)

You search to find a tavern where the music is playin' loud
You try to lose your heartaches in the laughter of the crowd
But the happy couples make you think of things that might have been
And you have to fight the teardrops till you're by yourself again

And that's what it's like to be lonesome
With a heart a broken love taught to cry
And that's what it's like to be lonesome
I know 'cause I'm a mighty lonesome guy


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FEMALE CHORUS:

And that's what it's like to be lonesome
Without your love it's such an empty world
And that's what it's like to be lonesome
I know 'cause I'm a mighty lonesome girl


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(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - July 2010)