Listen to this when
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
For nights so lonely you could cry 🌌
Who it's for
Hank Williams's classic paints loneliness through quiet, lonely images of the night.
Desolate→Less alone
Feelings it meets
What it is
"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" is a 1949 Hank Williams recording released on MGM as the B-side of "My Bucket's Got a Hole in It." It portrays deep loneliness and longing for an absent loved one through night and nature imagery. It is reported to have been inspired by his turbulent marriage to his first wife, Audrey.
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Before you start
Age: All ages
No man is an island, entire of itself;John Donne, Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, Meditation XVII
