Right now you're in your prime and the women come to you
Like a bee, you're collecting all the honey that you can
You had better stop to think just what the future holds
You're gonna be a lonely old man
You're gonna be a lonely old man
When you find that life has slipped right through your hands
Like your other loves, I'm hurtin' now yet I will love again
But you will be a lonely old man
Life is running through your veins and you are really living
But what happens when the honey's gone and you hold an empty hand
You'll have no one to grow old with to stand by you till the end
You're gonna be a lonely old man
You're gonna be a lonely old man
When you find that life has slipped right through your hands
Like your other loves, I'm hurtin' now yet I will love again
But you will be a lonely old man
Lonely Old Man was written by Ruby Van Noy & Ann Burns & Barbara Fairchild.