Sam Cooke I Don't Want to Cry song lyrics

I don't want to cry but I can't keep tears from my eyes

(Don't cry, don't cry)

Ooh, and when I meet friends, I hope they don't realize

That I'm crying because you are gone

I'm crying because I'm alone, ohh

I don't want to cry but I can't keep tears from my eyes, ohh

My days and my nights are all spent thinking of you

You, you, you, you, thinkin' of you

Of places we went and things that we used to do

My tears I've tried to hide

But ohh, darling, how am I hurting inside, ohh

I don't want to cry but I can't keep tears from my eyes

Why did you have to leave me, why did you have to go?

You know I can't love another, darling I need you so, ohh

Carry on back and wipe away all my, my, my, my, my

Wipe away my tears

I'm in the same place right where you left me dear

I thought that I was so strong

But ohh, darling, it looks like I was wrong, wrong

I don't want to cry but I can't keep tears from my eyes

Please don't cry

(the end)