“I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” by Hank Williams, Sr. was first released as a single in 1949.
This song was inspired by his tumultuous relationship with his first wife, Audrey Shepperd, and includes some of the most beautiful metaphors in country music.
Vince Gill said of the song,
… read the words...
[Verse 1]
Hear that lonesome whippoorwill
He sounds too blue to fly
The midnight train is whining low
I'm so lonesome I could cry
[Verse 2]
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
[Verse 3]
Did you ever see a robin weep
When leaves begin to die?
Like me, he's lost the will to live
I'm so lonesome I could cry
[Verse 4]
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 was written by Hank Williams.
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry was produced by Wesley Rose & Fred Rose.
Hank Williams released I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry on Tue Nov 08 1949.