You may cry me a river I cried I love you A river of tears for you C'mon now and cry me a river of tears Now you say you love me But you cry the whole night through You can cry me a river Oh yes you're goin' to cry me a river 'Cause I cried a river over

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,

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,

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,

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,

I've cried the tears So bring me home My tears flow like a child's in need of love The ground is full of broken stones The last leaf has fallen I have nowhere to turn now Nor east nor west North or south And all that's ahead of me

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,

I will never run away Places inside My heart screams inside with pride Once I cried Now I wipe away the tears Once I died

You may cry me a river I cried I love you A river of tears for you Come on now and cry me a river of tears Now you say you love me But you cry the whole night through You can cry me a river Oh, yes, you're goin' to cry me a river 'Cause I cried a river

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,