—James Brockman, James Kendis, Nat Vincent, 1919
Chorus:
I know what it means to be lonesome
I know what it means to be blue
I know what it means to be lonesome in dreams
When there's no one that's lonesome for you *
Well my baby left me this morning
As the clock was striking four
The sweet smiling face of my darling
I won't ever see her no more
Oh I've cried and I've cried since we parted
No one knows what I've been through
I'd give all I own just to have you back home
I'm lonesome, lonesome for you
* Many chorus last lines have evolved:
When there is someone there with you
When there's no one there with/but you
When there's no one at home but you
Verse & Chorus:
| I | VI(7) | II(7) | V(7) :| |
Original 1919 version:
…and it was a waltz!
I never knew, I would miss you,
Until you went away,
Now I can see, what you were to me,
My heart just seems to say:
Chorus:
I know what it means to be lonesome,
I know how it feels to be blue,
I know what it means to long in my dreams, for someone, for someone,
I've sighed and I've cried since we parted,
There's no one knows what I've gone through;
I'd give all that I own, just to have you back home,
I'm so lonesome, so lonesome for you.
Hope seems to say,
There'll come a day
Your smiles again I'll see,
My love is true, and you know it too,
Come back, come back to me.