I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

[In_The_Wind]

"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer-songwriter Hank Williams in 1949. Williams wrote the song originally intending that the words be spoken, rather than sung, as he had done on several of his Luke the Drifter recordings. The song about loneliness was largely inspired by his troubled relationship with wife Audrey Sheppard. With evocative lyrics, such as the opening lines "Hear that lonesome whip-poor-will/He sounds too blue to fly," the song has been covered by a wide range of musicians, (Elvis' being the most well known). During his Aloha from Hawaii TV-Special, Elvis Presley introduced it by saying, "I'd like to sing a song that's...probably the saddest song I've ever heard."


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 the clouds
To hide its face and 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

[LuckyCharms]

1. Love this song. Thank you.

[In_The_Wind]

2. It really fits today.

[LuckyCharms]

4. I understand.

May tomorrow feel better.

[In_The_Wind]

8. Thank you

[Aristus]

3. ...

[In_The_Wind]

7. ...

[The Magistrate]

5. Here's The Original, Ma'am

[In_The_Wind]

6. I really did enjoy that one as well, Sir. Thank you.

I remember listening to Hank Williams when I was a child.

[WhiskeyWulf]

9. Love Elvis, love this song. Thanks for posting it! nt

[In_The_Wind]

11. I'm really glad you enjoyed it.

[lillypaddle]

10. The richness of Elvis' voice, tho

[In_The_Wind]

12. That was why I picked Elvis.

Like so many girls my age, I fell in love with Elvis as I was entering my teens.