simple and honest gentle and kind all of the town folk think he s lost his mind he prays for the rich so he ll give to the poor doesn t ask much of nothing doesn t want nothing more he s lonely by choice and he likes it that way a lot on his mind but not much to say he talks to jesus at least twice a day he s lonely by choice and he likes it that way he was in love with a girl long ago he left her for reasons she ll never know he never looks back on what might have been cuz he knows that he ll never love like that again he s lonely by choice and he likes it that way a lot on his mind but not much to say he talks to jesus at least twice a day he s lonely by choice and he likes it that way they re all tried and true all the clear shades he gave one his all to give up his ways the bitches have ripped the flesh from his bones and the bastards are fat because he s alone he s lonely by choice and he likes it that way a lot on his mind but not much to say he talks to jesus at least twice a day he s lonely by choice and he likes it that way lonely by choice and he likes it that way