Cry Softly - Josh Ritter

Sometimes happy ever after ain’t always ever after

You promised me forever then you ran off with a dancer

Now it’s good to see you back here but I’m on to greener pastures

And if you’ve got to cry, cry softly

Cry softly, real quietly

Your tears are unsightly

There’s the front door, thanks awfully

If you’ve got to cry, cry softly

This ain’t the first time that you left me;

remember Reno, Taos, and Tempe?

Remember Carlsbad, El Paso, and that second time in Tempe?

Yeah, you’ve pulled a lot of fast ones but this last one is your last one

And if you’ve gotta cry, cry softly

Cry softly, real quietly

Your tears are unsightly

There’s the front door, thanks awfully

If you’ve got to cry, cry softly

Well heaven needs a hell, liberty a bell

Up 'til now I thought that feeling bad meant things were going well

Now things are going great but honey babe, it’s late

And if you gotta cry, cry softly

I admit since you’ve been gone I’ve done my share of moving on

There’s been a lot of warm-embracing, whiskey-chasing-vodka blondes

Oh honey babe, I’m beat and I need a little sleep

So if you gotta cry, cry softly

Cry softly, real quietly

Your tears are unsightly

There’s the front door, thanks awfully

If you’ve got to cry, cry softly

Cry softly, real quietly

Your tears are unsightly

There’s the front door, thanks awfully

If you’ve got to cry, cry

If you’ve got to cry, cry

If you’ve got to cry, cry softly