歌者感到非常孤单寂寞，因为情人已经离去。睹物思人，触景伤情，他以夜鹰、午夜的火车、漫漫长夜、月亮、知更鸟、甚至流星自况，钩勒出一幅孤单又无助的画面。这首歌哀怨动人，如诗如画。
英文歌词
Hear that lonesome whippoorwill€e sounds too blue to fly. The midnight train is whining low. Im so lonesome I could cry.
Ive never seen a night so long when time goes crawling by. The moon just went behind the clouds to hide its face and cry.
Did you ever see a robin weep when leaves began to die? That means hes lost the will to live. Im so lonesome I could cry.
The silence of a falling star lights up a purple sky. And as I wonder where you are, Im so lonesome I could cry.
歌词翻译
听那孤寂的夜鹰叫着──牠的声音听起来太凄凉所以不想飞。午夜的火车此刻正鸣着低沉的汽笛声。我孤寂得想哭。
我没有见过如此漫漫长夜，时间缓缓如虫爬行而过。月儿刚躲进云层的后面痛哭。
当树叶开始掉落时，你可曾见过一只知更鸟在哭泣?这代表牠已丧失求生的意志。我孤寂得想哭。
沉寂的一颗陨星点亮了一片紫色的天空。而当我正想弄明白你到底在哪儿时，我孤寂得想哭。
字词句型分析
1.lonesome a. 孤寂的
例:Feeling lonesome, Ben made a cup of tea and watched his favorite movie.
(因为觉得孤寂，班泡了杯茶然后看他最爱的电影。)
2.whippoorwill n. 夜鹰; 怪鸱
3....he sounds too blue to fly.
=...the whipporwill sounds too blue to fly.
=...the whipporwill sounds so sad that he cant fly.
……夜鹰的声音听起来太凄凉所以不想飞。
4.whine vi. 呻吟; 哀嚎
例:Our dog whines in fear when it hears loud noises.
(我们的狗听到巨大的噪音时会发出害怕的哀嚎。)
5....when time goes crawling by. ……时间缓缓如虫爬行而过。
crawl vi. 爬行
例:Time flies when youre having fun; it crawls when youre bored.
(玩乐时的时间过得很快;无聊时就过得很慢。)
6.robin n. 知更鸟
7.weep vi. 哭泣 (三态为: weep、wept [ w pt ]、wept)
例:Emily wept as she buried her hamster in the garden.
(艾蜜莉在花园埋葬她的仓鼠时，她在哭泣。)
8.lose the will to live 失去求生的意志
will n. 意志
例:After the death of her husband and children, Mary lost the will to live.
(在玛丽的先生和孩子死后，她就失去了活下去的意志。)
