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Thread #20251   Message #1478462
Posted By: Jim Dixon
04-May-05 - 10:49 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Some Carter Family songs.
Subject: Lyr Add: LONESOME FOR YOU (A. P. Carter)
I found this while looking for something else, so I figure I'd better post it here.

Lyrics copied from http://www.silcom.com/~peterf/ideas/carter4.htm

LONESOME FOR YOU
(A. P. Carter)

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,
And there is no one knows what I 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,
And there is no one knows what I gone through.
I'd give all that I own just to have you back home
'Cause I'm lonesome, lonesome for you.