I Never Knew Lonely

I'm a long long way from home
Mendin' a broken heart
Runnin' away from a love gone wrong
Tryin' to make a new start
An old friend called me up to say
That you've made some wedding plans
I'm comin' home on that midhight train
And fight for you like a man

Chorus:
Midnight train make your whistle brlow
Engineer pour your load of coal
Midnight train make your engine whine
Midnight train get me home on time

Oh the thought of another man holdin' you
Is drivin' me insane
My only chance is to ride all night
I can't let you change your name
Now hey conductor we can't be late
Rollin' on down the track
'cause you know tomorrow's your wedding day
I gotta win my baby back

Chorus x 2

A little girl was cryin'
For her mama and her daddy
She couldn't understand why they were gone
She never knew the danger
Of talking to a stranger
Now the girl can't find her way back home

A little boy went walkin'
Down to the corner market
To buy a loaf of bread and an ince cream cone
He never knew the dnager
Of talkin' to a stranger
Now the boy can't find the way back home

Chorus:
Too many kids are missin'
Is anybody listening?
Won't you be the children's eyes
They're all alone
The hardest part's not knowing
Where they are or where they're going
Won't you help the children find
The way back home

The faces on milk cartons
Thrown away and soon forgotten
What if one of those sweet kids
Was your very own

Tonight those kids are weeping
While yours are safely sleeping
Won't you help the children find
The way back home

Chorus

Won't you help the children find
The way back home

Stars are falling from your eyes
You don't feel what i feel inside
Your hand is warm but your heart is cold
If you're hurtin' you don't let it show

How much longer can we go on
Actin' like there's nothin' wrong
How much farther can we drift apart
Before all the feeling is gone

Chorus:
I'm losing your love
It's slippin' away
Minute by minute
Day by day
Losing your love
Don't you think i know
It's a matter of time
'til you let go

I see the moon shinin' up above
Reminded me how good it was
There's a chill comin' over me
Why can't it be like it used to be

I feel so helpless, i can't make you stay
No matter how hard i try
I can't deny that look in your eyes
Tryin' to tell me goodbye

Chorus

Don't let go
Don't let go
Don't let go
Don't let go

No other lover ever really cared
When i've reached out for you you've always been there
Now i'm so far away and baby i'm scared
I never knew lonely til you

You are my rock and the strength i need
To keep me sane in this life that i lead
Now i'm not with you and my broken heart bleeds
I never knew lonely til you

I never knew lonely could be so blue
I never knew lonely could tear you in two
I never loved someone like i love you
I never knew lonely til you

I can't make up for the times i've been gone
But i'll prove i love you in the words of this song
Back in your arms girl it's where i belong
I never knew lonely til you

I never knew lonely could be so blue
I never knew lonely could tear you in two
I never loved someone like i love you
I never knew lonely til you

It's colder than winter
Right here in my heart
Lord i'm gonna miss her
She's torn me apart

I couldn't make you love me
I couldn't give any more
It's colder than winter
Since you closed the door

It's colder than winter
I'm freezing inside
And my tears won't be bitter
Even though our love died

I couldn't make you love me
I couldn't give any more
It's colder than winter
Since you closed the door

Every time the sun sets
I shed another tear
And the lonelier i get
Wishing you were still here

I couldn't make you love me
I couldn't give any more
It's colder than winter
Since you closed the door