Hear that lonesome whippoorwill
he sounds too blue to fly
That midnight train is whining low
I'm so lonesome I could cry
Did you ever see 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
It 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