Every day he stands in the shadow
Cast down from some old star
An awfully strange gallows trick
Lightning bugs stuck in a jar
And every day with her disaster
Striking matches all for the fun
Still I wait patiently
To feel the sun
But when she gets lonesome
I mean real down lonesome
She turns to me and she says
I'm feeling lonesome
I mean real down lonesome
And I'm needing someone
To help me through the night
Let me be your lonesome
Your real low down lonesome
And I just might help you
Help you feel alright
Another day and still he follows
But there's a shifting in the wind
A weeping willow that's gone hollow
And he ain't gonna bend
I'm feeling lonesome
I mean real down lonesome
And I'm needing someone
To help me through the night
Woman, you won' t know lonesome
Until you walk in my shoes some
No, there ain't no one
No one that's gonna help you feel alright
Now he walks along the bayou
Whistling in a minor key
No harmony or company
Not even a flicker to pursue
He's feeling lonesome
I mean real low down lonesome
And he's got no one to help him through the night
I'm feeling lonesome
I mean real low down lonesome
No, I ain't got no one
To help me through the night
We ain't got no one
To help us through the night
