You ran crying to the bedroom, I ran off to the bar Another piece of heaven gone to hell The words we spoke in anger just tore my world apart And I sit there feeling sorry for myself Then an old man sat down beside me and looked me in the eye He said, son, I know what you're going through You ought to get down on your knees and thank your lucky stars That you've got someone to go home to You don't know about lonely or how long nights can be Till you've lived through the story that's still living in me You don't know about sadness till you face life alone You don't know about loneliness till it's chiseled in stone So I brought these pretty flowers hoping you would understand Sometimes a man is such a fool Those golden words of wisdom from the heart of that old man Showed me I ain't nothing without you You don't know about lonely or how long nights can be Till you've lived through the story that old man just told me And you don't know about sadness till you face life alone You don't know about loneliness till it's chiseled in stone You don't know about loneliness till it's chiseled in stone