Songtext Did you ever want to cry The Mamas & The Papas

Did you ever want to cry

(John Phillips)
Did you ever want to cry,
But you didnæ?° 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 sheæ?? be true?
Wasnæ?° that rather naive of you?
And now sheæ?¯ dropped you like a worn-out shoe.

Sheæ?¯ got you drinking gin,
And you know thatæ?¯ a sin.
You go honky-tonkin' every night;
You get drunk and then you start a fight.
I know that you think that itæ?¯ alright---
Wrong, itæ?¯ 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 sheæ?¯ 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 itæ?¯ too late...too late to make amends.
Youæ?³e even lost your old time friends...

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