Well, I could sit at home mopin’ with a brown bottle open
But hopin’ that you’re comin’ back is useless
So, I'm a hangin’ downtown with a loud and rowdy crowd cause the
Hard-core honky-tonk truth is

I'm only lonely on the inside
I'm good at puttin’ on a good time
Yeah, if a beer needs drinkin’ or a girl needs dancin’
I'm the first one standin’ in line
It’s just a little bitty heartache
Ain’t gonna let it stop the party
You’d never know it from the outside
I'm only lonely on the inside

I’ll bet you’re out there somewhere laughin’ with your girlfriends
Braggin’ bout how you got the best of me
Well, you can have my heart but that’s the only part
'Cause I ain’t gonna let ya have the rest of me

I'm only lonely on the inside
I'm good at puttin’ on a good time
Yeah, if a beer needs drinkin’ or a girl needs dancin’
I'm the first one standin’ in line
It’s just a little bitty heartache
Ain’t gonna let it stop the party
You’d never know it from the outside
I'm only lonely on the inside

Why, why, why
Should I sit around the house just a starin’ at the phone
When I, I, I
When I'm only lonely
I'm only lonely

I'm only lonely on the inside
I'm good at puttin’ on a good time
Yeah, if a beer needs drinkin’ or a girl needs dancin’
I'm the first one standin’ in line
It’s just a little bitty heartache
Ain’t gonna let it stop the party
You’d never know it from the outside
I'm only lonely on the inside
You’d never know it from the outside
I'm only lonely on the inside