Everybody is going out and having fun
I'm just a fool for staying home and having none
I can't get over how she set set me free oh lonesome me
A bad mistake I'm making by just hanging round

I know that I should have some fun and paint the town
A lovesick fool that's blind and just can't see oh lonesome me
Well I'll bet she's not like me she's out and fancy free
A flirtin' with the boys with all of her charms

Yeah but I still love her so and brother don't you know
I'd welcome her right back here in my arms
Well there must be some way I can lose these lonesome blues
Forget about the past and find me somebody new
I've thought of everything from A to Z oh lonesome me

Well I'll bet she's not like me...
Oh lonesome me oh lonesome me oh lonesome me


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Oh Lonesome Me Lyrics as written by Don Gibson

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    These lyrics are wrong. It's: Everybody is going out and having fun I'm just a fool for staying home and having none I can't get over how she set set me free,oh lonesome me A bad mistake I'm making by just hanging round, I know that I should have some fun and paint the town. I've thought of everything from A to Z,oh lonesome me. I'll bet she's not like me,she's out and fancy free flirtin' with the boys with all her charms. But I still love her so, and brother don't you know, I'd welcome her right back here in my arms. Well there must be some way I can lose these lonesome blues, Forget about the past and find me somebody new. I've thought of everything from A to Z, oh lonesome me. [ guitar ] Well I'll bet she's not like me. She's out and fancy free, flirting with the boys with all her charms. But t I still love her so and brother don't you know I'd welcome her right back here in my arms. Still there must be some way I can lose these lonesome blues, Forget about the past and find somebody new. I've thought of everything from A to Z. Oh lonesome me, oh lonesome me...

    decomposingb4youon December 28, 2006   Link

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