Well I can't recall one time in my life I've felt as lonely as I do tonight I feel like I could lay down and get up no more It's the damndest feelin' I never felt it before Tonight I feel like an old violin Soon to be put away and never played again Don't ask me why I feel like this hell I can't say I only wish this feelin' would just go away John where'd you go from here? And there I saw an old violin So one more time just to be sure I said You know that when a nickel's worth of difference And I looked in the mirror that's when I knew That there I was seein' an old violin Soon to be put away and never played again "I guess it's 'cause the truth Is hardest thing I ever faced" "'Cause you can't change In slightest way tried" "So asked myself said " "And then like a damned fool turned around and looked in mirror" John where hell do go from here?"" just that it hit me That old violin were alike" "We'd give our all to music And soon we'll life"