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 nothing could go wrong Right, I know you did oh, you kid

Did you really think that she'll be true

Wasn't that rather naive of you?

And now she's dropped you like a worn-out shoe She's got you drinking gin and you know that's a sin

You go honky-tonking 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 hanging 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