Hear the lonesome whippoorwill
His song's too blue to fly
The midnight train is a-winding low

I'm so lonesome I could cry

I've never seen a night so long

When time keeps crawling by
The moon is gone behind the clouds
To hide his face and cry


Have you ever seen a robin weep
When leaves have turned to brown?

Like me he's lost his will to live
I'm so lonesome I could cry


The silence of a falling star
Lights up a purple haze
And as I wonder where you are

I'm so lonesome I could cry