cigarettes are burning down to my fingers in my motel where the smell still lingers from the night before with a ten dollar whore who didn t even know my name the tv says nothing nothing to me and i feel so low in the highest degree like a tree with no root like a gun that don t shoot like a dog outside on a chain and theres no use for me to sit here an moan many a man has been more alone and i might feel better if i write a letter if i write a letter home yeah i heard the news bout that ol gang of mine they re all getting married they re all doing fine they re all getting older and needin a shoulder that s easy to lean on but as for me i m half way to denver how long has it been i just can t remember it all starts to fade cause the life that i ve made is the life that i dream on and there s no use for me to sit here and moan many a man has been more alone and i might feel better if i write a letter if i write a letter home now i can t help but to be who i am though i ve let many women slip from my hands i ve let them all go why i don t know it just made me feel like a man but what i know now though it may be too late you ve got to love someone and let go the weight you ve got to make do when you find love that s true this now i understand and theres no use for me to sit here and moan many a man has been more alone but i might feel better if i write a letter if i write a letter home if i write a letter home