Hear that lonesome whippoorwill he sounds too blue to fly That means he's lost the will to live I'm so lonesome I could cry Did you ever see a night so slow as time goes draggin' by The moon just went behind the clouds to hide its face and 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 I'm so lonesome I could cry I'm so lonesome I could cry