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 hear 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

You know, I'm so lonesome I could cry
You know, I'm so lonesome I could cry