I tried so hard my dear, to show that you're my every dream. Yet you're afraid each thing I do is just some evil scheme. A mem'ry from your lonesome past keeps us so far apart.
Well, I tried so hard, my dear, to show that you're my every dream. Yet you're afraid each thing I do is just some evil game. A little memory from your lonesome past keeps us so far apart.
Today I passed you on the street and my heart fell at your feet. I can't help it if I'm still in love with you. Somebody else stood by your side and he looked so satisfied.
Goodbye, Joe, me gotta go, me oh my oh. Me gotta go, pole the pirogue down the bayou. My Yvonne, sweetest one, me oh my oh. Son of a gun, gonna have big fun on the bayou.
Hear that lonesome whippoorwill. He sounds too blue to fly. The midnight train is whining low. I'm so lonesome I could cry. . I've never seen a night so long.
Your cheatin' heart will make you weep. You'll try and try and try to sleep. But sleep won't come the whole night through. Your cheatin' heart will tell on you.