Don't be lonely, my mother told me

Choosing lonely is the worst thing you can do

Find a sweetheart, start a family

When the lights go out, have someone next to you

Found a lover who became a mother

A little house, a tire swing, a maple tree

I hold my baby, touch my lady

Late at night it's just loneliness and me

And I'm learning to be lonely

I am learning it's okay to be lonely

Don't be scared son, a fathers warning

You'll never make it in this world if you're afraid

Be a man, kid, quit you're crying

I love my dad, I needed him so I obeyed

Got a good job, make six figures

Can't shake the feeling that it all one day could end

I never show it in the daylight

The fear comes crashing in each night at three am

And I'm learning to be scared

I am learning it's okay to be scared

All my old friends were so happy

I followed them from town to town and place to place

I had a sadness I couldn't show them

I wore a mask so long that it became my face

Now it's different, the glaciers' melting

Men can handle things the boy could never bear

It gets dark now an hour early

Light my way home, Lord, that's my only prayer

And I'm learning to be sad

I am learning it's okay to be sad

I am learning it's okay to be lonely

To be sad, to be scared, to be lonely

To be sad, to be scared, to be lonely and afraid

To be a human being who feels everything

I am learning, I'm still learning, I am learning

I am learning, I'm still learning, I'm still learning