it seems that i just can t win i ve been hurt time and time again every time i give my heart somebody tears it all apart through the years lord knows i must have shed a river of tears i tried to be fair in every way i d even ignored yes i have things that people say oh still i m lonely and all alone i ve got no one i can call my own through the years i know i must have shed a river of tears a river of tears oh how i yearned yeah tears that flow somebody tell me what i m doing wrong isn t there anyone i can depend on through the years i know i must have shed a river of tears a river of tears oh how i ve yearned yes i have tears that flow oh how i ve yearned talking bout talkin bout a river talkin bout a river