Talking To Myself - Justin Townes Earle

I’ll admit I’m lonely

And need someone to hold me

Just to sleep at night

But I’d rather be alone

Rather wake up on my own

Come the morning time

The days pass so slowly and it never fades

Evening comes, I’m looking for somebody else

These are things I say only when I’m talking to myself

Despite my best efforts

To try and learn to forgive

I find me haunted by the ghosts

Of all of those that I just can’t forget

And I know better than to think that it can be fixed

The best that I can do is just to learn to live with this

I’m in a lot of pain and I need some help

I don’t dare tell nobody else

These are things I say only when I’m talking to myself

I rarely go out, and when I go

I always hope I don’t see anyone I know

'Cause the drinks bring no joy to me

I just can’t remember when

All the drugs begin to fail me

Left me only with a lonely child to fend

'Cause I tried to love and I failed

I’ve put my heart on a shelf

These are the things I say only when I’m talking to myself

These are things I say only when I’m talking to myself