the good thing about you being gone i can watch the game all day long i can stretch my legs out in the bed extra pillows underneath my head don t why nobody told me about the upside of lonely i got a lot more room for my stuff and i only have to wash one cup i can stay up late and play my guitar and the groceries go twice as far don t why nobody told me about the upside of lonely your girlfriends ain t ringing the phone off the wall and i never have to hear from the mother in law i ain t cut the grass since the middle of june i smoke a big cigar right up in my living room don t why nobody told me about the upside of lonely i drop my dirty clothes on the floor i let the trash pile up by the door i eat pizza three times a day i ain t worried bout watching my weight don t why nobody told me about the upside of lonely