Did You Ever Want To Cry

Did You Ever Want To Cry - The Mamas/The Papas

Written by：John Phillips

Did you ever want to cry

But you didn't know just why

Did you ever sit up all night long

Just listening to that same old song

The one they played when she said

Nothin' could go wrong

Right I know you did oh you kid

Did you really think that she'd be true

Wasn't that rather naive of you

And now she'd dropped you

Like a worn out shoe

She's got you drinking gin

And you know that's a sin

You go honky tonkin' every night

You get drunk and then you start a fight

I know that you think that it's alright

Wrong it's not the way to live

You only get what you give

You can live your life just as you please

But when you lie with dogs

You gotta get fleas

And now she's brought you down

To your knees

Arms that used to hold you tight

You miss them in the middle of night

You burned a candle at both ends

Now it's too late

Too late to make amends

You've even lost your old time friends

Enemies glad to see you down

People they don't want you hangin' 'round

Did you ever want to cry

But you didn't know just why

Right I know you did

Wrong it's not the way to live

Did you ever want to cry