Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you Big River Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die I met her accidentally in St. Paul,

Sitting around waiting on two pink lines We're just sitting around waiting on two pink lines She was pacing back and forth On her front porch I pulled up slinging gravel In my daddy's ford She cried all the way to Johnson's store I kept the motor running

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

We'll get higher and higher Oh that's what dreams are made of Straight up we'll climb Leave it all behind So baby dry your eyes, save all The tears you've cried World turns black and white Pictures in an empty room Your love starts fallin down

Spend my time trying to get along I'd be a rich man Come the day I died And ease my mind Get me ready Cause I'm gonna come back home I'd close my eyes And weep no more If I had a dollar for every time I cried

He was a friend of mine And he was a friend of mine I just can't keep from cryin' 'Cause he was a friend of mine He died on the road I stole away and cried He never done no wrong Every time I think of him He just kept on moving

Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you Big River Then I'm gonna sit right here until I die I met her accidentally in St. Paul,

My heart's breaking even, now there's no use we even try Hey I cried, Yeah I lied, Hell I almost died Both got our reasons, let's just fold the cards and say good-bye It's all right, just two hearts breaking even tonight It's been a cold, cold, cold,

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

And you never laughed and I never cried. I'm gonna drive like I never been hurt. Die on the road like you never lied. I'll find my way like I?ve never been lost Be long gone like you never lied. You told everybody that I couldn't drive And you didn't