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 its face and cry. 

Did you ever see a robin weep, 
When leaves began 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.