I would have to give up But I´m thankful that I´m Strong as I am and I´ll Try to do the best I can Tears will run swift And tears will come that fall like rain I pray that it´s swift though Tears will fall as cold as pain I see them gathered, see them on

Somebody have mercy And tell me what is wrong with me When I think about how she do me, The tears fall down like rain, like rain I'm goin' down to the bus station With a suitcase in my hand, yes I am With a matchbox hole in my clothes, yes I am Sometimes

Your cheatin' heart will tell on you When tears come down like fallin' rain You'll toss around and call my name You're gonna walk that floor the way I do Your cheatin' heart will make you weep You'll cry and cry and try to sleep But sleep won't come the

No, that's the rain in the same old blues Now the sun turned to rain Morning rain keep on falling Like the tears that fall from my eyes And as I sit in my room Staring out at the gloom I can't help, I can't help but remember Have the sun that would shine

She let it slip away, away, away They all feel the same 'Cause no one will love you like her Adjust to the fame And die with a smile She has no recollection Of the life she had without me It's so sad it had to be this She forgot the good things about me

You gotta get down on your knees, believe Fold your hands and beg and plead You gotta cry, rain tears of pain Pound the floor and scream His name 'Cause we're still worth saving Can't go on like this and live like this We can't love like this Gotta keep

Ain't that a shame? My tears fell like rain You're the one to blame You made me cry When you said goodbye Boogie, babe You broke my heart When you said, "We part"

Buckets of rain Buckets of tears Got all them buckets comin' out of my ears Buckets of moonbeams in my hand You got all the love Honey baby, I can stand I've been meek And hard like an oak I've seen pretty people disappear like smoke

Hear their heartbeat We hear their heartbeat Midnight, our sons and daughters Cut down, taken from us In the wind we hear their laughter In the rain we see their tears Night hangs like a prisoner Stretched over black and blue In the trees our sons stand

I would have to give up But I´m thankful that I´m Strong as I am and I´ll Try to do the best I can Tears will run swift And tears will come that fall like rain I pray that it´s swift though Tears will fall as cold as pain I see them gathered, see them on