It was just another story

printed on the second page

Underneath the Tiger's football score

It said he was only

eighteen, a boy about my age

They found him face down

on his bedroom floor

There'll be services on Friday

at the Lawrence Funeral Home

Then out on Mooresville highway,

they'll lay him 'neath a stone...

How do you get that lonely,

how do you hurt that bad

To make you make the call,

that havin' no life at all

Is better than the life that you had

How do you feel so empty,

you want to let it all go

How do you get that

lonely... and nobody knows

Did his girlfriend break up with

him, did he buy or steal that gun?

Did he lose a fight

with drugs or alcohol?

Did his Mom and Daddy forget

to say I love you son?

Did no one see the writing on the wall?

I'm not blamin' anybody,

we all do the best we can

I know hindsight's 20 20, but

I still don't understand...

How do you get that lonely,

how do you hurt that bad

To make you make the call,

that havin' no life at all

Is better than the life that you had

How do you feel so empty,

you want to let it all go

How do you get that

lonely... and nobody knows

It was just another story

printed on the second page

Underneath the Tiger's football score...