Hank Williams! The poet laurete of country music had a hit with this way back in 1949. His version was awesome. Mine? Simply paying homage.
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Story behind the song
In 2019 I received a lap steel guitar for a Christmas present and hard to start somewhere. Good old Nashville and Father Hank seemed like a good place to start my journey.
Lyrics
I'm so Lonesome I Could Cr
(Hank Williams / Sr.)
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 the clouds
To hide its face and cry
Did you ever see a robin weep
When leaves begin 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
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