No More Bitter Tears

Your man is a good man
everyone agrees
He's kind to little old ladies
He donates to charities
But I can do none of these

because I am a poor boy
You can't add up all the things I lack
and no-one in my life ever give me nothing
I didn't have to give right back

They say money can buy you love
If, so then I don't stand a chance
Oh Lord have mercy on me
have mercy on me
have mercy on me
and set me free

Your house is a good house
Little white picket fence
It cost a lotta dollars and cents
You gotta whole lotta insurance
I've only the shirt on my back

The only shelter I got
Is a bus stop to keep me from the rain
Since you ain't been in my life there ain't no
kinda doctor that can cure my pain

All I have is a wing and a prayer
Dont even know how to dance
I'm crying bitter tears
Because your face is a haunting me
It keeps haunting me
and I'm not free

The policeman comes by everyday
and forces me to listen to what he has to say
Yankee beatniks and Russian cowboys
Showing off their brand new toys

And all I got is a prayer and a song
My God, My God, My God
where did I go wrong?

I'm so weak
You can hear it in the way I speak
I'm desperate it's true
Look at all the things that I dont do

All I want is you
and you're so far away
Is it any wonder that I'm blue
and cry these bitter tears today?

Around and around on the treadmill of life
Get up and go to work every single day
Around and around on the treadmill of life
Till the taxman comes along takes half my pay

So I'm supposed to care
about power, wealth and fame?
This whole world is buggin' me
and it's a cryin' shame

The man promised me
Yes, he promised me
If I worked hard and tried
that I would succeed
But it never happened

People listen to me
They tell me to be nice
but how can I be nice
When they got everything they need
and me I ain't got nothing

I'm so weak
You can hear it in the way I speak
I'm desperate it's true
Look at all the things that I dont do

All I want is you
and you're so far away
Is it any wonder that I'm blue
and cry these bitter tears today?

Gonna climb every mountain
Ford every stream
Gotta cross every river
untill you reach your dream

Walk on through the darkness
in tears and laughter
untill my love we win the day
and am happy ever after

However cold the snow may freeze
However loud the wind may moan
Come with me love come with me
'till we find a world of our own

and never again will you hear
the sound of a bitter tear

And the haunted men
with their hollow lives
who mark the days
with carving knives
shall dissappear

When the dark of the night
meets the light of the day
and a new wind will blow
our worries away

Let all now end in joy
what once began in tears
Let my song of love
conquer all your fears