Merle Haggard — Are You Lonesome Tonight?

[Verse] 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 held you and called you sweetheart? Do the chairs in your parlor seem empty and bare? Do you gaze at your doorstep and picture me there? Is your heart filled with pain? Shall I come back again? Tell me, dear, are you lonesome tonight? [Spoken] I wonder if you're lonesome tonight You know that someone said the world's a stage And each must play a part And fate had me playing in love with you as my sweetheart Act One was when we met and I loved you at first glance You read your lines so cleverly and never missed a cue Then came Act Two 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 to have to go on living without you Now the stage is bare and I'm standing there With emptiness all around And if you won't come back to me They can bring the curtain down [Outro] Is your heart filled with pain? Should I come back again? Tell me, dear, are you lonesome tonight?