I Cried Again
Wanda Jackson · Four Classic Albums [2012]
I love you, dear and you were wed
I watched you while you held her hand
Sand I bowed my head and cried again
I cried again when I reached home
Then stared your picture all alone
I've thought of things that might have been
And I bowed my head and cried again
I took your letters from the shelf
And read aloud just to myself
But just before I reached the end
And I bowed my head and cried again
I've thought of nights so long ago
And all the love I wanted so
And then the fate had took a hand
And I bowed my head and cried again
About I Cried Again
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