Watched it pour as I touched your face Well, it burned while I cried 'Cause I heard it screaming out your name I set fire to the rain Let it burn That I never knew, never knew All the things you'd say They were never true, never true

The day the freebird fell Oh, I remember it well So many cried when Ronnie died He never said farewell What he'd say in a southern song Stories told still here long I was just a teenage boy on my way to school Freebird fell Mama mad at me for me 'cause I

I cried a river over you Cry me a river Well, you can cry me a river Now you say you're lonely You cried the whole night through Now you say you're sorry For being so untrue You drove me Nearly drove me out off my head

The worst pain that I ever had In too deep, can't think about giving it up But I never knew love would feel like a heart attack It's killing me, swear I never cried so much Oh wo-oh, never never never knew love (Oh wo-oh) Would hurt this f***in' bad

I'm all over it now No I won't come back And I can't say how glad I am about that 'Cause I worked and I cursed and I cried Hello innocence Though it seems like we've been friends for years I'm finishing How I wish I had never begun

She's putting on her lipstick Slippin' on her black dress, saying "you can do this" Climbing in the front seat, looking out the window Going through the motions, trying just to let go Of the tears that she cried, no solid goodbye Tonight it ain't gonna

As far as I'm concerned So wipe that dirty smile off We won't be making up I've cried my heart out And now I've had enough of love Who wants to be right as rain 'Cause when hard work don't pay off And I'm tired there ain't no room in my bed It's better

Cry me a river I cried a river over you Come on and cry me a river I've cried a river over you You drove me Nearly drove me out of my head Why you never shed a tear I remember every word you said

For my broken heart Last night I prayed the Lord my soul to keep Then I cried myself to sleep So sure life wouldn't go on without you But oh this sun is blinding me As it wakes me from the dark I guess the world didn't stop There were no angry words at

Not a night goes by, I don't dream of wandering Through the home that might have been I listened to my pride when my heart cried out for you Now every day I wake again In a house that might have been a home, a home I mistook the warnings for wisdom From