I try not to drink 'Cause if I sit and think I'll go crazy Desperate ain't lonely Though I've been high Pockets are empty In the daytime I'm lonesome, in the nighttime I'm sad ♪ The letter I wrote Took words from my throat I was saying Lay on the roadside I guess the mailman was drunk The message was urgent How lazy a state where you don't live no one ♪ So I try not to drink 'Cause if I sit and think I'll go crazy 'Cause desperate ain't lonely Though I've been high Pockets are empty In the daytime I'm lonesome, in the nighttime I'm sad