Yeah I'd like to tell you something all about the good and the bad I wish today the world, my friends, would stop being sad There's so much evil 'round us, I feel that I could die and I know... yeah that I was born to cry Well if I ever told you all about the things I have done I can't remember having even one day of fun I don't know what I'm doing, if I do it's a lie but I know that i was born to cry Yeah I cry I said cry I said cry yeah I know that I was born to cry I know some day, and maybe soon, the master will call and when he does, I tell you something, I won't cry at all Until it happens folks, I guess I'll sail with the tide and I know that i was born to cry Well every girl I ever loved, always stepped on my feet I thought I had a friend once, but he kicked out my teeth The things I like and wanna have, I can't even buy but I know that I was born to cry Yeah I cry I said cry oh yeah cry oh yeah I know that I was born to cry I know some day, and maybe soon, the master will call and when he does, I tell you something, I won't cry at all Until it happens folks, I'll sail with the tide and I know... that I was born to cry.