Lonely Feeling
Robert Earl Keen

(C) (F)

In a (C)long stretch of highway at (F)midnight in New (C)Mexico (F)
It's a (C)small colored light that (F)shines from your car (G)radio
It's the (F)old motel owner who(C) sleeps on a cot
And (F)gives you the very last (G)cup from his pot
It's a (C)lonely (F)feelin' it's what you've (C)got (F)
It's a (C)lonely (F)feelin' (G)like it or (C)not (F)

It's a (C)crack in the sidewalk right (F)next to the pay tele(C)phone (F)
It's (C)someone's recorder when you're (F)hoping that someone is (G)home
It's an (F)hour to kill to (C)do what you please
But (F)nobody's up for just (G)shootin' the breeze
It's a (C)lonely (F)feelin' it's like a dis(C)ease (F)
It's a (C)lonely (F)feelin' you (G)pray that it (C) leaves (F)

It's (C)three men from Chile who are (F)tired and want to go (C)home (F)
They've (C)run out of money and they're (F)stuck up in east Ore(G)gon
So you (F)give 'em the small bit of (C)change in your hand
You (F)try to speak Spanish but they (G)don't understand
It's a (C)lonely (F)feelin' that gets to a (C)man (F)
It's a (C)lonely (F)feelin' that (G)runs through the (C)land. (F)

It's your (C)best friend from high school who (F)sees you and wishes you (C)well (F)
You (C)try to break through but you've (F)run out of stories to (G)tell
So you (F)bid him goodbye and you (C)step into space
There are (F)so many questions that (G)you cannot face
It's a (C)lonely (F)feelin' taking his (C)place (F)
It's a (C)lonely (F)feelin' you (G)just can't (C)erase (F)

(Guitar solo)

It's a (C)statue of Jesus your (F)grandmother had when she (C)died (F)
All (C)cracked and all yellow and you (F)know you should throw it (G)aside
But you're (F)growing religious the (C)older you get
You (F)haven't been saved but it (G)could happen yet
It's a (C)lonely (F)feelin' full of re(C)gret (F)
It's a (C)lonely (F)feelin' won't (G)let you for(C)get (F)

It's a (C)bus stop, an street cop, an (F)old dog, the new kid, a (C)bum (F)
It's (C)fright and rejected, (F)neglected, blind, deaf and (G)dumb
But you (F)look in the mirror and you're (C)still hangin' in
It's (F)there to remind you how (G)lucky you've been
It's a (C)lonely (F)feelin' now and (C)again (F)
It's (C)only a (F)feelin' that (G)comes now and (C)then (F)

(Guitar solo....played over (Am) (F) (Am) (F) (C) (F) (G)(C) (F)....)