Now I know what it means to be lonesome And I know what it means to be blue And I know what it means to be lonesome in dreams When there's someone missing you 'Cause I've tried and I've tried since we've parted There is no one knows what I've gone through I'd give all that I own just to have you back home 'Cause I'm lonesome, lonesome for you My best friend left me this morning As the clock was striking four And the smiling face of my darling I may not see no more Now I know what it means to be worried To be all lonesome and blue For the one that I love so dearly Has turned her back on me Oh, my mind is full of sorrow And my heart is filled with pain And I feel so broken-hearted Won't you please come back again 'Cause I've tried and I've tried since we've parted There is no one knows what I've gone through I'd give all that I own just to have you back home 'Cause I'm lonesome, lonesome for you