Please don't be lonely when I'm gone I've been so sad for far too long And as I gently slip away, this song will always stay Now I understand it might be my last day Might be my last day So what am I supposed to do now I've reached the end? And if I

He is the lonesome rider it's the lonesome rider's call home Rita where have you gone I've been missing you for far too long I feel so blue haven't you heard I am the lonesome rider hear the lonesome rider's call home Reaper where have you gone See the

Is magic gone? You came in my life in such a way Baby, now you're going away Coming across, you were so strong I have to tell you now all my thoughts I've been waiting now for too long Our flame is only getting bloomed

Oh your sweet little lies And you say that life is just a game and Everyone who plays is just a pawn And shame on me it went so long How could I've been so wrong? I've forever gone, colder If life is just a game then I can hear when I hold you close to me

And now I've been gone for so long I can't remember who was wrong All innocence is long gone I pledge allegiance to a world of disbelief Where I belong I haven't been home for a while I'm sure everything's the same Mom and Dad both in denial

It's a long, hard road I'm traveling on Seems forever I've been gone Yeah, it's a long hard road I'm traveling on Lord I need to find my way back home I hear the voice my sweet momma called me Telling me to change my ways In my mind, I smell the dogwood

The traveling, the singing, it don't mean nothing without you The fast cars, the guitars, they are all just second to, This life, this love that you and I have been dreaming of, for so long It'd all be as good as gone, without you. I've loved you since

And all that I've lost, and all that I've won Don't mean nothing more when you open your eyes and they're gone We try to stay young, by chasing the sun You blink for too long, the swans sing a song After all we've been told, we're still flesh and bone