Old Violin (Live At Roy Clark Celebrity Theatre, MO, 1992)

Don't write about then

I'm sure we've all felt this way

Somewhere along in life, and if we haven't

Probably will, before it's over

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 feeling, 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, I can't say

I only wish this feeling would just go away

I guess it's 'cause the truth is the hardest thing I've ever faced

'Cause you can't change the truth in the slightest way

I've tried

So I asked myself

I said, "John, where do you go from here?"

Then, like a fool, I turned around and looked in the mirror

And there I would see an old violin

Soon to be put away and never played again

So one more time, to be sure

I said, "John, where in the world do you go from here?"

And you know there wasn't a nickel's worth of difference when I looked in the mirror

'Cause there I was seeing an old violin

Soon to be put away and never played again

And just like that, it hit me

Why that old violin and I were just alike

We'd give our all to music

And soon, we'll give our life

Thank you

Oh, you're wonderful