Its a long stretch of highway Midnight, in New Mexico Its a small, colored light That shines from your car radio Its the old motel owner Who sleeps on a cot Gives you the very last hit from her pot Its a lonely feeling Is what you got Its a lonely feeling Like it or not Its a crack in the sidewalk Right next to a pay telephone Its someones recorder When youre hoping that someone is home Its an out to kill Do what you please Nobodys up But you shoot the breeze Its a lonely feeling Thats like a disease Its a lonely feeling You pray that it leaves Its your best friend from high school Sees you and wishes you well Yeah you try to break through But you run outta stories to tell So you bidem goodbye And you step into space So many questions You could not face Its a lonely feeling Takin its place Its a lonely feeling That you just cant erase Its three men from Chile Who are tired And they wanna go home Theyre run out of money And stuck up in east Oregon So you giveem a smoke A bit of change from your hand Try to speak Spanish But they dont understand Its a lonely feeling That gets to a man Its a lonely feeling That runs through the land Its a statue of Jesus That your grandmother had when she died Its all cracked and all yellow You know you should throw it aside But you grow more religious The older you get Havent been saved But it could happen yet Its a lonely feeling Full of regret Its a lonely feeling That wont let you forget Its a bus stop, A street cop, An old dog, A new kid, A bum Its a frightened, Rejected, Neglected, Blind, deaf, and dumb Yeah but you look in the mirror And youre still hanging in Its there to remind you How lucky you been Its a lonely feeling Now and again Its a lonely feeling That comes from within
Alan Jackson lyrics