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I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

Words & Music by Hank Williams

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I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

Words & Music by Hank Williams

Lyrics:

Hear that lonesome winter bird
He sounds too blue to fly
The midnight train is whining low
I'm so lonesome I could cry

Did you ever see a robin weep
When leaves began 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
I'm so lonesome I could cry
More info:

Hank Williams wrote and first recorded I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (MGM 10560) in 1949. The song did not chart, but its flip side, My Bucket's Got a Hole in It, reached # 2 on Billboard's country chart. The record was reissued in 1966 and peaked at # 43. Several artists have recorded I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry over the years, including Tommy Edwards (MGM 13032) in 1961, Johnny Tillotson (Cadence 1432) in 1962, and the most successful version by B.J. Thomas (Scepter 12129) in 1966. Thomas's recording reached # 8 on the Hot 100 chart and became a million-seller. Using the pseudonym Hank Wilson, Leon Russell had a release of I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Shelter 7336) in 1973.

Elvis never recorded I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry in the studio, but he did sing it on occasion in concert. He introduced the song in his 1973 TV special, Elvis: Aloha From Hawaii, by saying it was the saddest song he ever heard.
Lyrics: Hear that lonesome winter bird
He sounds too blue to fly
The midnight train is whining low
I'm so lonesome I could cry

Did you ever see a robin weep
When leaves began 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
I'm so lonesome I could cry
More info: Hank Williams wrote and first recorded I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (MGM 10560) in 1949. The song did not chart, but its flip side, My Bucket's Got a Hole in It, reached # 2 on Billboard's country chart. The record was reissued in 1966 and peaked at # 43. Several artists have recorded I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry over the years, including Tommy Edwards (MGM 13032) in 1961, Johnny Tillotson (Cadence 1432) in 1962, and the most successful version by B.J. Thomas (Scepter 12129) in 1966. Thomas's recording reached # 8 on the Hot 100 chart and became a million-seller. Using the pseudonym Hank Wilson, Leon Russell had a release of I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Shelter 7336) in 1973.

Elvis never recorded I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry in the studio, but he did sing it on occasion in concert. He introduced the song in his 1973 TV special, Elvis: Aloha From Hawaii, by saying it was the saddest song he ever heard.