Johnny Cash The man who Couldn't cry Lyrics:
There once was a man and he couldn't cry.
He hadn't cried for years and for years.
Napalmed babies, movie love stories,
For instance could not produce tears.

As a child he had cried as all children will.
Then at some point his tear ducts all ran dry.
Grew to be a man, it all hit the fan,
Things got bad but he couldn't cry.

His dog got ran over, his wife up and left him,
And after that he got sacked from his job.
Lost his arm in the war, was laughed at by a whore,
Ah, but still not a sniffle or sob.

Well, his novel was refused and his movie was panned,
And his big Broadway show was a flop.
He got sent off to jail, you guessed it, no bail.
Aw, but still not a dribble or drop.

In jail he was beaten, bullied and buggered,
And made to make license plates.
Water and bread was all he was fed,
Not once did a tear stain his face.

Doctors were called in, scientists too,
Theologians were last and practically least.
They all agreed sure enough, this is no cream puff,
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Aw, but in fact an insensitive beast. Mmmm.

He was taken from jail and placed in a place,
For the insensitive and the insane.
He made a lot of friends and he played a lot of chess,
And he cried every time it would rain.

Once it rained forty days and it rained forty nights.
And he cried and he cried and he cried and he cried.
On the forty-first day, he passed away,
He just dehydrated and died.

He went up to heaven, located his dog,
After that he rejoined his arm.
Below, all the critics, they took it all back,
Cancer robbed the whore of her charm.

His ex-wife died of stretch marks, his ex-employer went broke,
The theologians were finally found out.
Right down to the ground, the jail house burned down,
The earth suffered perpetual drought.

[Vocal stylings.]


[THE MAN WHO COULDN'T CRY]
[Written by: Loudon Wainwright III [1]
Performed by: Johnny Cash
Appears on: American Recordings (I)-1994.]

[1] Loudon Snowden Wainwright III (born September 5, 1946) is an American
songwriter, folk singer, humorist, and actor. Wainwright is known for the
1972 novelty song hit "Dead Skunk (in the Middle of the Road)" and for
playing Captain Spalding (the "singing surgeon") on three episodes of the
American television show M*A*S*H in its third season.]
Lyrics: The man who Couldn't cry, Johnny Cash [end]