Lonesome as It Gets

I came home to an empty house

After two years tried and true

Made up a rhyme about love and time

But had no one to tell it to

I lit a smoke then I threw my coat

In the chair where she used to sit

Ain't that about as lonesome as it gets?

She used to stand by the kitchen door

While the sun was coming up

She'd always tell me if it looked like rain

Or if the cat crawled on my truck

Now every morning is a quiet mess

With these things I can't forget

Ain't that about as lonesome as it gets?

No more fire to raise the crane

No more track to hold the train

Everything that I thought was love

Is looking like regret

And I used to have some sense of self

But I don't know where it went

Feel like a clown 'neath a paper crown

Juggling in an empty tent

I've wore my feet up a many street

And still ain't found it yet

Ain't that about as lonesome as it gets?

No more fire to raise the crane

No more track to hold the train

I've been stranded in the rain so long

I don't know what's wet

And I got drunk on Christmas night

And had an epiphany

Let's end the day in a holy way

And set fire to the Christmas tree

While all the bulbs were burning down

The angel was taking fits

Ain't that about as lonesome as it gets?

Ain't that about as lonesome as it gets?