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 Its the damnedest feeling I never felt 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 feeling would just go away I guess its 'cause the truth is the hardest thing I ever faced Cause you can't change the truth in the slightest way I tried So I asked myself I said John where do you go from here Then like a damn fool I turned around and looked in the mirror And there I saw an old violin Soon to be put away and never played again So one more time just to be sure I said John where in the hell do you go from here And you know there wasn't a nickel's worth of difference When I looked in the mirror that’s when I knew That there I was seeing an old violin Soon to be put away and never played again And just like that it hit me That old violin and I were just alike We'd give our all to music And soon we'll give our lives