mr record man i m lookin for a song i heard today there was someone blue singing bout someone who went away just like me his heart was yearnin for a love that used to be it s a lonely song about a lonely man like me there was something bout a love that didn t treat him right and he d wake from troubled sleep and cry her name at night mr record man get this record for me won t you please it s a lonely song about a lonely man like me i was driving down the highway with the radio turned on and the man that i heard singin sounded so blue and all alone as i listened to his lonely song i wondered could it be could there somewhere be another lonely man like me there was somethin about a love that didn t treat him right and he d wake from troubled sleep and cry her name at night mr record man oh get this record for me won t you please it s a lonely song about a lonely man like me