Alone & Foresaken

by Hank Williams Sr.

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We met in the springtime when blossoms unfold 
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The pastures were green and the meadows were gold 
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Our love was in flower as summer grew on
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Her love like the leaves now has withered and gone 
 
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The roses have faded, there’s frost at my door 
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The birds in the morning don’t sing anymore
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The grass in the valley is starting to die
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And out in the darkness the whippoorwills cry
 
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Alone and forsaken by fate and by man
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Oh. Lord, if you hear me please hold to my hand
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Oh, please understand 
 
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Oh, where has she gone to, oh, where can she be
She may have forsaken some other like me 
She promised to honor, to love and obey
Each vow was a plaything that she threw away 
 
The darkness is falling, the sky has turned gray 
A hound in the distance is starting to “bay”
I wonder, I wonder- what she’s thinking of
Forsaken, forgotten – without any love
  
Alone and forsaken by fate and by man
Oh, lord, if you hear me please hold to my hand
Oh, please understand