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 it's face and cry.

Did you ever see a Robin weep
When leaves begin 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 just where you are
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry.