Song of the Week

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I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

Words & Music by Hank Williams
Recorded by Hank Williams, 1949
Also recorded by B.J. Thomas, 1966 (#8)

Also recorded by Chris Isaak for the Soundtrack-Mr. Wrong


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;
I'm so lonesome I could 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 where you are,
I'm so lonesome I could cry.

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