Hank Williams – I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

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 begin to die?
That means he's lost his 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.
I'm so lonesome I could cry.


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"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" as written by Sr. Hank Williams

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    General CommentThis is such a beautiful song. I like the last verse the best. "The silence of a falling star lights up a purple sky..." That's a really powerful image.
    lila_mon April 29, 2003   Link
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    General Commentsuch a beautiful song. that third verse is deadly. well they all are. he was one i wish we hadn't lost.
    5isa4letterwordon July 07, 2003   Link
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    General CommentI could listen to this song over and over. Only 29 years old when he died what a loss.
    acesix55on April 22, 2004   Link
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    General CommentI could listen to this song over and over. Only 29 years old when he died what a loss.
    acesix55on April 22, 2004   Link
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    General CommentWow. Just -- wow. Hank Williams' music is so powerful. Nobody like him since.
    scawton May 09, 2004   Link
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    General Commentno one like him since is right, but his grandson, Hank Williams III is sure damn close. check out "5 Shots of Whiskey", "Lonesome For You", or "If The Shoe Fits". all sorts of talent in that family. i`m pretty sure Lucinda Williams is related as well, and she is one of the best female country artists out there.
    AirCav1stOfThe9thon January 17, 2006   Link
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    General Commentno one like him since is right, but his grandson, Hank Williams III is sure damn close. check out "5 Shots of Whiskey", "Lonesome For You", or "If The Shoe Fits". all sorts of talent in that family. i`m pretty sure Lucinda Williams is related as well, and she is one of the best female country artists out there.
    AirCav1stOfThe9thon January 17, 2006   Link
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    General Commentbeautiful song!!
    Army123on July 30, 2006   Link
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    General CommentCan you imagine the pain that he was feeling when he wrote this song? I don't want to know. But I thank God that he could describe it.
    gulfman_74on December 14, 2006   Link
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    General CommentDoes anyone ever notice that when Hank sings this song, he says 'like me he's lost the will to live', and not 'that means...'?
    RebelYell1980on October 18, 2008   Link

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