Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome Tonight? - Video and Lyrics

"Are You Lonesome Tonight?," written by Lou Handman and Roy Turk, was first published in 1926. Elvis Presley recorded it on April 4, 1960. Elvis' version was based on the Blue Barron Orchestra in 1950 and the spoken part of the song was loosely based on Shakespeare's "As You Like It." It went on to be one of the biggest-selling singles of 1960, peaking at #1 on the Billboard pop chart for six weeks. The flip side of this single was "I Gotta Know."

Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome Tonight? - Video

Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome Tonight? - Lyrics

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 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 youre lonesome tonight
You know someone said that the world's a stage
And we each must play a part.
Fate had me playing in love with you as my sweet heart.
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 2, you seemed to change, you acted strange
And why Ive 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 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
Then they can bring the curtain down.

Is your heart filled with pain?
Shall I come back again?
Tell me, dear, Are You Lonesome Tonight?