The streets are dark and empty   And you walk them all alone   You think about your love affair   And wonder what went wrong      You go to bed each night   And pray you'll never see the dawn   Afraid of each tomorrow   With its heartless cold unknown      And that's what it's like to be lonesome   Without your love it's such an empty world   And that's what it's like to be lonesome   I know 'cause I'm a mighty lonesome girl      You search to find a tavern   Where the music's playing loud   You try to lose your heartache   In the laughter of the crowd      But the happy couples make you think of   Things that might have been   And you have to fight the teardrops   Till you're by yourself again      And that's what it's like to be lonesome   Without your love it's such an empty world   And that's what it's like to be lonesome   I know 'cause I'm a mighty lonesome girl