Did You Ever Want To Cry Lyrics

The Mamas & The Papas

(John Phillips)
Did you ever want to cry,
But you didna¦ÂŠÂ° 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 shea¦ÂŠÂŽ be true?
Wasna¦ÂŠÂ° that rather naive of you?
And now shea¦ÂŠÂ¯ dropped you like a worn-out shoe.

Shea¦ÂŠÂ¯ got you drinking gin,
And you know thata¦ÂŠÂ¯ a sin.
You go honky-tonkin' every night;
You get drunk and then you start a fight.
I know that you think that ita¦ÂŠÂ¯ alright---
Wrong, ita¦ÂŠÂ¯ 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 shea¦ÂŠÂ¯ 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 ita¦ÂŠÂ¯ too late...too late to make amends.
Youa¦ÂŠÂ³e even lost your old time friends...

Enemies glad to see you down;
People, they dona¦ÂŠÂ° want you hangin?round.
Did you ever want to cry,
But you didna¦ÂŠÂ° know just why?
Right, I know you did.
Wrong, ita¦ÂŠÂ¯ not the way to live.
Did you ever want to cry...