How Do You Get That Lonely

It was just another story printed on the second page
 Underneath the Tiger's football score
 It said he was only eighteen, a boy about my age
 They found him face down on his bedroom floor
 There'll be services on Friday at the Lawrence Funeral Home
 Then out on Mooresville highway, they'll lay him 'neath a stone
 How do you get that lonely, how do you hurt that bad
 To make you make the call, that havin' no life at all
 Is better than the life that you had
 How do you feel so empty, you want to let it all go
 How do you get that lonely, and nobody know
 Did his girlfriend break up with him, did he buy or steal that gun?
 Did he lose a fight with drugs or alcohol?
 Did his Mom and Daddy forget to say "I love you son"?
 Did no one see the writing on the wall?
 I'm not blamin' anybody, we all do the best we can
 I know hindsights 20/20, but I still don't understand
 How do you get that lonely, how do you hurt that bad
 To make you make the call, that havin' no life at all
 Is better than the life that you had
 How do you feel so empty, you want to let it all go
 How do you get that lonely, and nobody know
 It was just another story printed on the second page
 Underneath the Tiger's football score