Are You Lonesome Tonight?

Elvis Presley


(Intro)

Tonight I'm down hearted, for tho' we have parted,
I love you and I always will.
And while I'm so lonely, I'm writing you only,
To see if you care for me still.

I hold with affection, a fond recollection,
A romance of days now gone by.
And often I wonder, If I made a blunder,
By letting you bid me "Good-bye".

(Chorus)
Are you lonesome tonight, do you miss me tonight,
Are you sorry we drifted apart.
Does your memory stray to a bright summer day,
When I kissed you and called you sweet-heart.
Do the chairs in your parlour seem empty and bare.
Do you gaze at your door-step and picture me there.
Is your heart filled with pain, shall I come back again.
Tell me dear, are you lonesome tonight?

(Monologue)
(Repeat Chorus softly as background)

I wonder if your lonesome tonight?  You know, someone said 
"the world's a stage and each must play a part".  
Fate had me playing in love - with you as my sweetheart.

Act 1 was where we met.  I loved you at first glance.  
You read your lines so cleverly and never missed a cue.  

Then came Act 2, you seemed to change, you acted strange 
and why - I've never known.

Honey, you lied when you said you loved me, and I had 
no cause to doubt you, but I'd rather go on hearing your 
lies than go on living without you.

Now the stage is bare and I am standing there with emptiness
all around - and if you won't come back to me, then they can
bring the curtain down.

(Sing)
Is your heart filled with pain, shall I come back again.
Tell me dear, are you lonesome tonight?