You know we've got to find a way Picket lines and picket signs Don't punish me with brutality What's going on Ya, what's going on Right on baby Mother, mother There's too many of you crying

Straight to my baby's love Somebody direct Me I done cried a river of tears This you may not believe But I've been crying for five long years Afraid of all my fears Love has got me now In a terrible bet

And your crying won't help you, woman 'Cause you've been so mean to me Oh, oh, crying won't help you, baby Crying won't help you now Oh, no matter what you say, baby No matter what you do The way you been treating me, woman Is coming back home to you Oh,

The sky is crying, Can you see the tears roll down the street. I my baby early one morning She was walking on down the street I got a real, real fine feeling That my baby she don't love me no more I've been looking for my baby And I've been wondering

She loves me now But only when I walk away She loves me not She only love me when I walk away Only when I walk away Call me on the phone tell me baby please stay Call the girl back and crying baby please stay I guess that's the way we play it Girl this

Oh oh oh oh It's an omen, caught my baby crying Saw the silver lining It must be an omen Needed you to show me, without you I am lonely My mind would rule my heart

You're yearning, wearing thin Searching for something I know what you're hiding but they can't see what you've got What you've got, baby, what you've got, baby Quit crying and stop trying to be someone you're not What you're not baby, what you're not

'Cause I'm rising higher than I've been before And I'm ready, ready crying out for more I don't wanna fall asleep Baby stay awake with me The sun is never going Sun is never going Sun is never going down, down, down Is this life

But, oh yeah, you know what it means to be alone Today you're laughing pretty baby, tomorrow you could be crying In time baby, I'll get you off my mind Little by little, watch my love slow down You live for today, you leave tomorrow on it's own We got a

You don't know it now Baby save up all your tears You might need them someday When the tears start to fall I won't wipe them away When you cry in the night For the love that you need Baby, save up your tears 'Cause you'll be crying over me