很少歌在錄好20年後才進排行榜，但Hank Williams替 MGM唱片錄的I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry卻是一個特例。
MGM於1949年首度推出Hank Williams的I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry，當年沒能進入排行榜，但是卻成了Hank Williams最有名、最受歡迎的歌。
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry的成功有三個原因，一是夜車上口哨聲帶來的寂寞，二是夜鷹的叫聲加深寂寥感，三是高掛天空的孤星，三種感覺相乘帶給人各種不同的寂寞感，那一種情境讓人覺得寂寞得想哭---I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry。
MGM唱片於1966年將Hank Williams的I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry伴奏部份重錄後再度推出，在鄉村歌曲排行榜獲得第43名。
Hank
Williams 1923年出生於阿拉巴馬州Mount Olive，1953年一月一日因酒精及藥物中毒去世(歲29)，他是一位傳奇鄉村歌手/作曲人/吉他手，喬治漢彌爾頓曾在電影Your Cheatin’ Heart中詮釋這位天才樂手。
錄過I'm
So Lonesome I Could Cry的歌星很多，其中名次最好的是B J Thomas 1966年的版本，曾經獲得熱門排行榜第8名。
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Written in 1949 by Hank Williams, Sr.
Did you hear that lonesome whippoorwill?
He sounds too blue to fly
The midnight train is whining low
And I'm so lonesome I could cry
Did you ever see a night so long
When time goes crawlin' by?
The moon just went behind a cloud
And I'm so lonesome I could cry
Did you ever see a robin weep
When leaves begin to die?
That means he's lost the will to live
And I'm so lonesome I could cry
The silence of a fallin' star
Lights up a purple sky
And as I wonder where you are
I'm so lonesome I could cry
Yeah I-I could cry-eye-eye
I could cry-eye, eye-eye-eye, I-I could
cry-eye
I could cry-eye, oh-oh-oh-oh
I-I could cry, I could cry
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