Everything Makes Me Cry

Commercials will do it, yeah, they will
I’ve made people laugh before
The ones at Christmas with families really slay me
Or my dad whisperin’,”Love you, Jill”
Drops my heart to the floor
I try to keep my cool, but my eyes betray me

A silhouette at dusk
Birds cutting the sky at dawn
A stranger’s gentle word
When my day’s gone wrong

See, don’t think you’re so special, guy
Everything makes me cry
Everything makes me cry
I got room for one more tear or two
Don’t worry how you’ll say goodbye
Everything makes me cry
Everything makes me cry
There’s lots more to cry about than you

Crosby, Stills and Nash are great
They make me a sobbing wreck
The one about the house with the cats just nails me
Or running into old playmates
Still has that effect
And my same attempts to be smooth forever fail me

The ballet on PBS
My best friend’s baby’s smile
I can think of a million things
If I think a little while

See don’t think you’re so special guy
Everything makes me cry
Everything makes me cry
I got room for one more tear or two
Don’t worry how you’ll say goodbye
Everything makes me cry
Everything makes me cry
There’s lots more to cry about than you

Wonder what made you think you were that precious
See, me, I’m just the sensitive type
None of these tears hold any water
There’s even too few of them to wipe

No, don’t think you’re so special guy
Everything makes me cry
Everything makes me cry
I got room for one more tear or two
Don’t worry how you’ll say goodbye
Everything makes me cry
Everything makes me cry
There’s lots more to cry about than you
There’s a whole world out there, to cry about
Besides you…

Words & Music: Jill Freeman