[Verse 1]
I was born across the street, yeah
From a place they call The Blues
And everything that people tell me
Always seems to be bad news
My poor mother 'fore she died
She said "Things won't ever change
You were born a loser, a loser
And all your life you played a game"
I would listen, and that's why, why
I gotta cry (Cry, cry, cry, cry)
That's why I gotta cry (Cry)

[Verse 2]
And everything I thought was right
Always turned out to be so wrong
I had a pretty woman, yeah
Hmm, she said her love for me was strong
But I woke up one morning, yeah
Tears running down my face
And a letter laying by my bedside
It read: "Jody done took your place"
That's why, whoa-oh-oh, Lord
Feel like I wanna cry (Cry, cry, cry, cry)
Somebody else oughta help me say, yeah, yeah
[Instrumental Break]

[Outro]
Oh, oh-oh, makes you feel like you wanna die
Sometime, sometimes I feel like I wanna cry
Oh, but I call myself a man
And a man ain't supposed to cry
A man don't do nothin' like that
A man ain't supposed to lie
Oh, oh-oh, but I just can't help myself
I just can't help myself
I can't help it
Sometimes, late in the midnight hours
I have to cry a little bit
I say I have to cry a little bit
I don't wanna, I don't wanna
I don't wanna cry
But the tears keep running from my eyes
I tell myself I ain't gon' cry no more
No, no, baby