Lonesome Standard Time

Verse 1:
Do you feel a kindred spirit
To the sound of pouring rain
Does your start to yearning
When you hear a distant train
If you’d like to take that train and ride
To someone left behind
You don’t need a watch to tell you
You’re on lonesome standard time

Verse 2:
Do you sit alone and think about
An old love from the past
Do you feel a bit more empty
Every time you raise your glass
If the memory of her kisses
Sends a shiver up you spine
You don’t need the wind to tell you
You’re on lonesome standard time

Chorus:
When you hear them old sad songs
Do you hang on every word
Do you swear a crying fiddle
Is the sweetest sound on earth
If you shudder at the music of
A hoot owl in the pines
You’re on lonesome standard time

Verse 3:
There’s a bigger clock a-tickin’
It crosses every zone
The first time your old heart broke
Was the time you turned it on
It don’t never need a-windin’
Cause if it works like mine
There ain’t no doubt about it
You’re on lonesome standard time

Repeat chorus

Lead vocal: Larry Cordle & Kathy Matta
Backvocals: Carl Jackson & Jerry Salley
Banjo: Kristin Scott Benson
Bass: Mike Anglin
Dobro: Randy Kohrs
Fiddles: Tim Crouch
Guitar: Bryan Sutton
Mandolin: Andy Leftwitch