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 nothin could go wrong right i know you did oh you kid did you really think that she d be true wasn t that rather naive of you and now she s dropped you like a worn out shoe to boot she s got you drinking gin and you know that s a sin you go honky tonkin 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 hangin 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