How Lonely Can You Get Song Lyrics and Chords by Del McCoury
How Lonely Can You Get
Recorded by Del McCoury
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Have you ever been so lonely so
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blue you could
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die
When the
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one you love no longer cares for
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you
When your trouble mind keeps
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bothering you won't
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leave you alone
When you
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know it's all over love's grow
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How
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lonely oh how lonely how
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lonely can you get
I'd
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give this wide world over
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if we had never met
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wouldn't have these lonely nights and
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days of sad
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regret
Don't
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mind being lonely but how lonely can you
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get
I've tried to tell me my
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troubled mind to
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live and just forget
But I
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don't find that so easy and never will I
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guess
I'm locked up in a
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dream world with
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dreams and loneliness
And
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every day I ask myself how lonely can you
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get
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FAQ
Who sang the the song How Lonely Can You Get?
- The song How Lonely Can You Get was sang by Del McCoury.
Who is Del McCoury?
- Delano Floyd McCoury (born February 1, 1939) is an American bluegrass musician. As leader of the Del McCoury Band, he plays guitar and sings lead vocals along with his two sons, Ronnie McCoury and Rob McCoury, who play mandolin and banjo respectively. In June 2010, he received a National Heritage Fellowship lifetime achievement award from the National Endowment for the Arts and in 2011 he was elected into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame.
