I Get Lonesome by Myself

In a dingy upstairs room in the dirty part of town A little girl stood waving from a window She was calling to me I was standing down below And I heard her small voice sayin' Verse 2 Hey Mister I want you to come up here and talk to me You ain't got no other place to go I can't come outside and play 'cause I ain't got no friends I can't come outside no way 'cause my mom is gone and locked me in But there is the key outside the door is layin' on the shelf I want you to come up here and talk to me 'cause I get lonesome by myself Verse 3 I was feelin' lonesome too and I knew just how she felt And I knew just what she meant when she said she got lonesome by herself She kept callin' to me and I thought well since her mama's gone I'd walk and talk to her a while since we're both alone We got a talkin' and I asked her why she was there by herself Verse 4 Well my mommie never used to leave me by myself at night But mommie says I'm bigger now I'm not but that's alright I don't go to school 'cause I'm not old enough right yet But I can go to school next year 'cause next year I'm gonna be six I used to have a daddy but he left long time ago I asked my mommie why he left but my mommie says she don't know Verse 5 I know she loves my daddy 'Cause sometimes when I smile mommie says I look just like him Then the tears get in my mommie's eyes My mommie drinks, I know she does 'cause I can smell it on her breath Mommie never used to drink so I know it's 'cause my daddy's gone And my mommie she gets lonesome by herself I sure get lonesome by myself Verse 6 How she talked about her daddy it reminded me of me How I walked out of my own little girl and a woman that really loved me As I was thinkin' of them she said Have you got a little girl that's about the size of me Have you got a picture of her I can see Verse 7 I took a picture of my violin and handed it to her When she saw the picture I couldn't believe her words Hey that's my mommie in that picture And that baby, well, that baby must be me And you must be my daddy then Verse 8 Then the tears rolled down my face like they never had before I just couldn't believe it as I held her in my arms And I said I'll wait here till your mama comes And I'll tell her that I still love her and I'm sorry that I'd ever left And I'd like to stay if she let me 'cause I sure get lonesome all by myself Outro Well, you won't be lonesome now 'cause I love you