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 see 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 Oh I'm so lonesome I could cry Oh I'm so lonesome I could cry