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Did You Ever Want to Cry Lyrics

Artist: The Mamas & The Papas
Album: Deliver

(John Phillips)
Did you ever want to cry,
But you didnæŠ° know just why?
Did you ever sit up all night long
Just listening to that same old song---
The one they played when she said nothin?could go wrong?
Right, I know you did; oh, you kid---
Did you really think that sheæŠŽ be true?
WasnæŠ° that rather naive of you?
And now sheæŠ¯ dropped you like a worn-out shoe.

SheæŠ¯ got you drinking gin,
And you know thatæŠ¯ a sin.
You go honky-tonkin' every night;
You get drunk and then you start a fight.
I know that you think that itæŠ¯ alright---
Wrong, itæŠ¯ not the way to live; you only get what you give!
You can live your life just as you please,
But, when you lie with dogs, you gotta get fleas.
And now sheæŠ¯ brought you down to your knees.
Arms that used to hold you tight---
You miss them in the middle of night.
You burned a candle at both ends;
Now itæŠ¯ too late...too late to make amends.
YouæŠ³e even lost your old time friends...

Enemies glad to see you down;
People, they donæŠ° want you hangin?round.
Did you ever want to cry,
But you didnæŠ° know just why?
Right, I know you did.
Wrong, itæŠ¯ not the way to live.
Did you ever want to cry...

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