sometimes happy ever after ain t always ever after you promised me forever then you ran off with a dancer now it s good to see you back here but i m on to greener pastures and if you ve got to cry cry softly cry softly real quietly your tears are unsightly there s the front door thanks awfully if you ve got to cry cry softly this aint the first time that you left me remember reno taos and tempe remember carlsbad el paso and that second time in tempe yeah youve pulled a lot of fast ones but this last one is your last one and if youve gotta cry cry softly cry softly real quietly your tears are unsightly there s the front door thanks awfully if you ve got to cry cry softly well heaven needs a hell liberty a bell up til now i thought that feeling bad meant things were going well now things are going great but honey babe it s late and if you gotta cry cry softly i admit since youve been gone ive done my share of moving on theres been a lot of warm embracing whiskey chasing vodka blondes oh honey babe i m beat and i need a little sleep so if you gotta cry cry softly cry softly real quietly your tears are unsightly there s the front door thanks awfully if you ve got to cry cry softly cry softly real quietly your tears are unsightly there s the front door thanks awfully if you ve got to cry cry if you ve got to cry cry if you ve got to cry cry softly