Intro: Verso 1: In the evening baby, when the sun goes down In the evening, when the sun goes down Sure get lonesome when your baby's not around, mmm Instrumental #1 Verso 2: Sure gets lonesome, sleepin' all by yourself Sure gets lonesome baby, sleepin' all by yourself When your lovin' somebody else, she's sleepin' with somebody else, when the sun goes down Instrumental #2 Verso 3: In the evenin', when the sun goes down, oooh lord In the evenin', when the sun goes down Sure gets lonesome when your baby's not around, when the sun goes down Instrumental #3 Verso 4: In the evenin', in the evenin', mama when the sun goes down In the evenin', mama when the sun goes down Sure gets lonesome when your baby's not around, when the sun goes down