The Man Who Couldn't Cry lyrics
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Artist: Johnny Cash Album: American Recordings
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The man who couldn't cry
There once was a man who couldn't cry He hadn't cried for years and for years Napalm babies and the movie love story For instance could not produce tears
As a child he had cried as all children will Then at some point his tear ducts ran dry Grew to be a man, the shit hit the fan Things got bad, but he couldn't cry
His dog was run over, his wife up and left him After that he got sacked from his job Lost his arm in the war, was laughed at by a whore But still not a sniffle or sob
His novel was refused, his movie was panned And his big broadway show was a flop He got sent off to jail; you guessed it: no bail But still not a dribble or drop
In jail he was beaten, bullied and buggered And made to make license plates Water and bread was all he was fed But not once did a tear stain his face
Doctors were called in, scientists, too Theologians were last and practically least They all agreed sure enough; this was no cream puff But in fact an insensitive beast
He was taken from jail and placed in a place For the insensitive and the insane He played a lot of chess and made lots of friends And he cried every time it would rain
Once it rained forty days and forty nights And he cried and he cried and he cried and he cried On the forty-first day, he passed away He just dehydrated and died
He went up to heaven, located his dog After that, he rejoined his arm Down below all the critics took it all back Cancer robbed the whore of her charm
His ex-wife died of stretch marks, his ex-employer went broke The theologians were finally found out Right down to the ground, the jail house burned down And the earth suffered perpetual drought
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"American Recordings" album track list
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