"Are You Lonesome Tonight?" lyrics
(originally by Charles Hart)
Are you lonesome tonight
Do you miss me tonight
Are you sorry we drifted apart
Does your memory stray
To a bright, sunny day
When I kissed you and called you sweetheart
Do the chairs in your parlor
Seem empty and bare
Do you gaze at your doorstep
And picture me there?
Is your heart filled with pain
Shall I come back again
Tell me, dear, are you lonesome tonight?
I wonder if you're lonesome tonight
You know, someone said that the world's a stage
And each must play a part
Fate had me playing in love
You as my sweetheart
Act 1 was when we met
I loved you at first glance
You read your lines so cleverly
And never missed a cue
Then came Act 2
You seemed to change
And acted strange
Why, I've never known
Honey, you lied when you said you love me
And I had no cause to doubt you
But I'd rather go on hearing your lies
Than go on living without you
Now, the stage is bare
I'm standing there
With emptiness all around
And if you won't come back to me
Then make them bring the curtain down
Is your heart filled with pain
Shall I come back again
Tell me, dear, are you lonesome tonight?
Do you miss me tonight
Are you sorry we drifted apart
Does your memory stray
To a bright, sunny day
When I kissed you and called you sweetheart
Do the chairs in your parlor
Seem empty and bare
Do you gaze at your doorstep
And picture me there?
Is your heart filled with pain
Shall I come back again
Tell me, dear, are you lonesome tonight?
I wonder if you're lonesome tonight
You know, someone said that the world's a stage
And each must play a part
Fate had me playing in love
You as my sweetheart
Act 1 was when we met
I loved you at first glance
You read your lines so cleverly
And never missed a cue
Then came Act 2
You seemed to change
And acted strange
Why, I've never known
Honey, you lied when you said you love me
And I had no cause to doubt you
But I'd rather go on hearing your lies
Than go on living without you
Now, the stage is bare
I'm standing there
With emptiness all around
And if you won't come back to me
Then make them bring the curtain down
Is your heart filled with pain
Shall I come back again
Tell me, dear, are you lonesome tonight?
Writer(s): Roy Turk, Lou Handman
