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