Are You Lonesome Tonight?

October 2025

Are You Lonesome Tonight?

by Lou Handman and Roy Turk;

Changes by Debra Milligan

Are you lonesome tonight?

Do you miss me tonight?

Are you sorry we drifted apart?

Does your memory stray

to a brighter summer day

When I kissed 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?

I wonder if you are lonesome tonight

Someone once said that all the world’s a stage

and each must play a part.

Fate had me playing in love with you

as my sweetheart

Act One was when we met

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.

Darling,

You lied when you said

you loved me

And though I had cause to doubt you

I went on hearing your lies

Until I had to go on living

without you.

Now that stage is bare

and you’re standing there

with emptiness all around.

If you come back to me

They’ll bring that curtain down.

Is your heart filled with pain?

Shall I come back again?

Tell me, dear,

Are you lonesome tonight?