[Verse 1]
Dust on the window, shadows on the floor
Ain't nobody knocking on this basement door
Whiskey in the bottle, blacker than the night
Hiding from the morning, running from the light
[Pre-Chorus]
Tick tick tock, the walls are closing in
Another empty bottle where the blues begin
[Chorus]
Oh, lonely is the road when you're walking alone
Oh, lonely is the bed where you make your home
Down in the cellar, out in the cold
Trading away the pieces of your soul
[Verse 2]
Crickets in the corner, spider on the wall
Nobody hears you when you're starting to fall
Fingers on the fretboard, weeping in the rust
Turning all the promises to nothing but dust
[Pre-Chorus]
Tick tick tock, the walls are closing in
Another empty bottle where the blues begin
[Chorus]
Oh, lonely is the road when you're walking alone
Oh, lonely is the bed where you make your home
Down in the cellar, out in the cold
Trading away the pieces of your soul
[Bridge 1]
[Instrumental: wailing delta harmonica solo, bending notes low and slow]
[Verse 3]
Smoke in the mirror, pictures in the haze
Counting up the hours of these wicked days
Nothing left to carry, nothing left to lose
Worn out and weary with the midnight blues
[Pre-Chorus]
Tick tick tock, the walls are closing in
Another empty bottle where the blues begin
[Chorus]
Oh, lonely is the road when you're walking alone
Oh, lonely is the bed where you make your home
Down in the cellar, out in the cold
Trading away the pieces of your soul
[Bridge 2]
[Instrumental: gritty dirty blues dobro guitar riff, raw and slide-heavy]
[Verse 4]
Bottom of the glass is staring back at me
Nowhere left to run and nowhere left to be
Just the howling wind and the creaking of the floor
And the ghost of a shadow at the cellar door
[Bridge 3]
[Instrumental: trading off harmonica and slide guitar, slow shuffle groove]
[Outro]
Lonely...
Lonely...
Lonely...
[Fade out with low harmonica moan and dusty vinyl crackle]