x#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # Date: Tue, 03 Oct 1995 20:35:25 -0400 (EDT) From: "Dr. Mellow" Subject: Cowpie! Submissions Resent-to: [email protected] To: [email protected] Reply-to: [email protected] MIME-version: 1.0 X-Newsgroup-to-support: alt.fan.drmellow X-URL: The Man Who Couldn't Cry Written by Loudon Wainwright III Published by Snowden Music ASCAP D C There once was a man who just couldn't cry G D He hadn't cried for years and for years C Napalmed babies and the movie "Love Story" G D For instance could not produce tears A G D As a child he had cried as all children will C D Then at some point his tear ducts ran dry C He grew to be a man, it all hit the fan G D Things got bad, but he couldn't cry C His dog was run over, his wife up and left him G D And after that he got sacked from his job C Lost his arm in the war, was laughed at by a whore G D Ah, but sill not a sniffle or sob A G D His novel was refused, his movie was panned C D And his big Broadway show was a flop C He got sent off to jail; you guessed it, no bail G D Oh, but still not a dribble or drop C In jail he was beaten, bullied and buggered G D And made to make license plates C Water and bread was all he was fed G D But not once did a tear stain his face A G D Doctors were called in, scientists, too C D Theologians were last and practically least C They all agreed sure enough; this was sure no cream puff G D But in fact an insensitive beast C He was removed from jail and placed in a place G D For the insensitive and the insane C He made a lot of friends and played a lot of chess G D And he wept every time it would rain A G D Once it rained forty days and it rained forty nights C D And he cried and he cried and he cried and he cried C On the forty-first day, he passed away G D He just dehydrated and died C Well, he went up to heaven, located his dog G D Not only that, but he rejoined his arm C Down below, all the critics, they loot it all back G D Cancer robbed the whore of her charm A G D His ex-wife died of stretch marks, his ex-employer went broke C D The theologians were finally found out C Right down to the ground, that old jail house burned down G D The earth suffered perpetual drought
