i'm so lonesome i could cry

hear that lonesome whippoorwill

he sounds too blue to fly. the midnight train is whining low

i'm so lonesome i could cry. i've never seen a night so long

when time goes crawling by. the moon just went behind a cloud

to hide its face and cry. did you ever see a robin weep

when leaves began to die?

that means he's lost the will to live

i'm so lonesome i could cry. the silence of a falling star

lights up a purple sky. and as i wonder where you are

i'm so lonesome i could cry.