The Man Who Couldn`t Cry Lyrics

The Man Who Couldn`t Cry lyrics




There once was a man who just couldn't cry

He hadn't cried for years and for years

Napalmed babies and the movie love story

For instance could not produce tears

As a child he had cried as all children will

Then at some point his tear ducts ran dry

He grew to be a man, the feces hit the fan

Things got bad, but he couldn't cry



His dog was run 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 sill not a sniffle or sob



His novel was refused, his movie was panned

And his big Broadway show was a flop 



He got sent off to jail; you guessed it, no bail

Oh, 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

But 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 was sure no cream puff

But in fact an insensitive beast



He was removed from jail and placed in a place

For the insensitive and the insane

He played lots of chess and made lots of friends

And he wept 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



Well, he went up to heaven, located his dog

Not only that, but he rejoined his arm

Down below, all the critics, they loot 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, that old jail house burned down

The earth suffered perpetual drought