Did You Ever Want To Cry Lyrics - A Gathering Of Flowers: The Anthology Of The Mamas & The Papas - The Mamas & The Papas

Did you ever want to cry but you didn't 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 nothing could go wrong 

Right, I know you did oh, you kid 

Did you really think that she'll be true 

Wasn't that rather naive of you? 

And now she's dropped you like a worn-out shoe 

She's got you drinking gin and you know that's a sin 

You go honky-tonking every night 

You get drunk and then you start a fight 

I know that you think that it's alright 

Wrong, it's 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 she's 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 it's too late, too late to make amends 

You've even lost your old time friends 

Enemies glad to see you down people, they don't want you hanging round 

Did you ever want to cry but you didn't know just why 

Right, I know you did, wrong, it's not the way to live 

Did you ever want to cry