Hard to Be Alone

Story Behind The Song

It sucks being allone at Christmas

Song Description

Guy at bar laments being alone at Christmas, struggling to take responsibility for llost relationship

Song Length 3:50 Genre Unique - Holiday, Country - Contemporary
Tempo Medium Slow (91 - 110) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Heartbreaking, Poignant Subject Breaking Up, Girlfriend, Wife
Similar Artists Clint Black, Garth Brooks Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

HARD TO BE ALONE
Lyrics by Ed Kulkosky, music by Jay Kerr

A chorus:
I'm drinking in a roadhouse
And it's Christmas afternoon.
Two old folks are dancing
To a lazy country tune.
I've got nowhere to go,
I've got no one to see.
I've got no presents waiting
Beneath a Christmas tree.
I never thought it would be
So hard to be alone.
Some quarters, please, bartender,
I want to use the phone.

Second A
We never had no children,
So it's really not so sad.
I'd hate to have them weeping
For their good-for-nothing dad.
Folks sing their songs of joy
But there's not much for me.
I've got nobody waiting
Beside some pretty tree.
I never thought it would be
So hard to be alone.
Some quarters, please, bartender,
I want to use the phone.

Bridge:
Is she sitting by the phone
Is she still carrying a torch?
Is she sorry that she changed the locks
And put my suitcase on the porch?

Last A:
I don?t know how to love her,
Don't know how to treat her right.
There's something broke inside me
And it hurts me day and night.
I know it's love I feel for her.
I don't really have a choice.
I'd even give up booze again
If I could hear her voice.
I never thought it would be
So hard to be alone.
Some quarters, please, bartender,
I want to use the phone.

I need to use the phone.

I don't want to be alone.

Lyrics Ed Kulkosky Music Jay Kerr
Publisher Seventh Decade Music

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