i ve watched them come and go and when they go they really do but when i say i m gonna stay i really mean it i ve seen about a thousand but in that thousand none was me unless you re reading history and i ain t reading it you know a thousand ways to cry i ll hear em all before i die you know a thousand ways to cry and this is just one of mine i ve watched them come and go and it takes a while but in time they do but i was there when i didn t wanna be yeah you say you love me and then you see my best qualities in other people and yeah i think it s what you need you know a thousand ways to cry i ll hear em all before i die you know a thousand ways to cry and this just one of mine