It seems that I just can't win
I've been hurt time and time again

Every time I give my heart somebody tears it all apart
Through the years, lord knows I must have shed a river of tears
I tried to be fair in every way
I'd even ignored, yes, I have, things that people say
Oh, still I'm lonely and all alone
I've got no one I can call my own
Through the years I know I must have shed a river of tears

A river of tears, oh, how I yearned, yeah

Tears that flow

Somebody tell me what I'm doing wrong
Isn't there anyone I can depend on
Through the years I know I must have shed a river of tears
A river of tears, oh, how I've yearned, yes, I have
Tears that flow' oh, how I've yearned
Talking 'bout' talkin' 'bout a river
Talkin' 'bout a river