I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Single Version) 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 began to die? That means he's lost the will to live, The silence of a falling star Lights up a purple sky And as I wonder where you are