Tears are Funny That Way

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Tears are Funny That WayWith her white veil she wiped away tears of joythe day she married that blonde-haired blue-eyed boybut she sat and cried with worry and fearthe first time he stayed out all night drinking beerit's strange but it appears,there seems to be a tearfor all our hearts want to saywhen we're happy...when we're weak,they tickle, trickling down our cheekyeah, tears are funny that wayhis girlfriend wept when she caught him with his ring onthat boy's wife cried tiny crystals when she said, "so long"but he never broke down...he kept his feelings hidtill he saw no one was there to care if he didthen his faults were all he felt,his icy past began to meltand wash his future awaythough time will dry blood and sweat,a fool's eyes will just stay wetyeah, tears are funny that wayif eyes are windows of the soultears are mirrors of the heartLord they never stop, and in each one that dropshe sees the people he scarredtears leave the innocent clean,but for others they meantheir conscience won't be okayin dreams of shadows and lies,the devil laughs till he criesyeah, tears are funny that waytears are funny that waytears are funny that way(c)2004 Robert George