I'm so Lonesome I Could Cry
Hank Williams and His Drifting Cowboys Lyrics

Hear that lonesome whippoorwill
Listen to the sound of that lonely whippoorwill bird

He sounds too blue to fly
The bird sounds so sad that it cannot even fly

The midnight train is whining low
The train passing in the night is making a sad, mournful sound

I'm so lonesome I could cry
I am extremely lonely and sad, to the point where I could cry

I've never seen a night so long
This night seems endless and never-ending

When time goes crawling by
Time seems to be passing very slowly and painfully

The moon just went behind the clouds
The moon disappeared behind the clouds

To hide its face and cry
As if it is ashamed and crying at the same time

Did you ever see a robin weep
Have you ever witnessed a robin crying?

When leaves begin to die
When the leaves of the trees start to wither

That means he's lost the will to live
The robin has lost its desire for life and feels hopeless

I'm so lonesome I could cry
I am extremely lonely and sad, to the point where I could cry

The silence of a falling star
The stillness that follows a shooting star

Lights up a purple sky
Creates a moment of fleeting beauty on the dark sky

And as I wonder where you are
In my loneliness and despair, I cannot help but think about where you are

I'm so lonesome I could cry
I am extremely lonely and sad, to the point where I could cry