SO DOGGONE LONESOME
(J.R. Cash)
JOHNNY CASH (SUN 232, 1956)

I do my best to hide this low down feeling
I try to make believe there's nothing wrong
But they're always asking me about you darling
And it hurts me so to tell 'em that you're gone
If they ask me, I guess I'd be denying
That I've been unhappy all along
But if they heard my heart they'd hear it crying
Where's my darling, when's she coming home?

I asked myself a million times
What's right for me to do
To try to lose my blues alone or hang around for you
Well, I make it pretty good
Until that moon comes shining through
And then I get so doggone lonesome

Time stands still when you're a-waiting
Sometimes I think my heart is stopping too
One lonely hour seems forever
Sixty minutes more to wait for you
But I guess I'll keep waiting till you're with me
'Cause I believe that loving you is right
But I don't care if the sun don't rise tomorrow
If I can't have you with me tonight

Well, I know I'll keep on loving you
'Cause true love can't be killed
I oughta get you off of my mind
But I guess I never will
I could have a dozen others
But I know I'd love you still
'Cause I get so doggone lonesome