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 dragging 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