Hear the 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 begin to die

That means he's lost his will to live

And I'm so lonesome I could cry

The silence of a falling star

Lights up a purple sky

As I wonder where you could be tonight

I'm so lonesome I could cry

Oh I'm so lonesome I could cry

Oh I'm so lonesome I could cry