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Artist: The Mountain Goats
Canonical path: /the-mountain-goats/i-m-so-lonesome-i-could-cry
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I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
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I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
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hear that lonesome whipporwill
he sounds too blue to fly.
the midnight train is riding low.
I'm so lonesome I could cry.
(sniff)
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 die.
(sniff)
(sniff)
did you ever see a robbin weep
when leaves begin to die?
that means he's lost the will to live.
I'm so lonesome I could cry.
the sign has come, a falling star.
like love, a purple sky.
they'll never wonder where you are.
I'm so lonesome I could cry.
(sniff)
I'm so lonesome I could cry.
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