La canción fue publicada por primera vez en el año 1926, la música fue escrita por Lou Handman y la letra por Roy Turk.
Es una canción llena de dulzura, de melancolía y de tristeza. Y, en una voz como la de Elvis, ganaba bastante.
En algunos conciertos, Elvis tenía la costumbre de cambiar alguna parte de la letra para improvisar un texto más o menos gracioso. Con esta canción, en la grabación del mítico "Live in Las Vegas", hizo una broma muy particular que le ocasionó un ataque de risa que lo tuvo sin articular una frase seria durante un rato. Vió un espectador calvo y, donde debería de haber cantado: "Do you gaze at your doorstep and picture me there” dijo… “Do you gaze at your bald head and wish you had hair”.
♫♫ Are You Lonesome Tonight? - Elvis Presley ♫♫
♫♫ Are You Lonesome Tonight? (Laughing Version) - Elvis Presley ♫♫
Are You Lonesome Tonight? - Elvis Presley
Are you lonesome tonight
Do you miss me tonight
Are you sorry we drifted apart?
Does your memory stray
To a bright sunny 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're lonesome tonight
You know, someone said that
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 where 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 and
You acted strange
And why?, I'll never know
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?
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