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Thread #116137   Message #2509048
Posted By: Richie
05-Dec-08 - 06:33 PM
Thread Name: Origins: The authors of the 'Carter Family songs'
Subject: Lyr Add: LONESOME FOR YOU
Lonesome for You is taken from the 1918 song "I Know What It Means To Be Lonesome" by Brockman and Vincent- words and Kendis- music.

LONESOME FOR YOU- Carter family

          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 know 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 hear 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 know what I gone through
          I'd give all that I own just to have you back home
          'Cause I'm lonesome, lonesome for you