Now some people when you walk up and talk to 'em
They wear a manufactured smile
You can't tell if they're really happy
Or just tryin' to be in style
You know it's like somebody told 'em
Only sinners ever frown
But when you're really hurtin'
It ain't no crime for feelin' down
Now obedience that means sufferin'
And to some that may be news
Jesus paid our lifetime membership
But you still gotta pay some dues
So now Job's comforters they're standing 'round you
And your prayers all seem refused
Don't you lie about your troubles
It ain't no sin to get the blues
Now you can say you're doin' fine
Say there's nothin' on your mind
Denounce it and deny it
Stick you head down in the sand
Try and make out like you're some kind of Superman
But ain't nobody, nobody
Really gonna buy it
Everybody's got to suffer sometime
We all got to work out our salvation on our own
Jesus never told ya that pain would never get a hold of you
He said "I'll never leave you all alone"
So when you feel those tears start rollin'
Don't you go and get yourself all confused
Cos' He'll dry your tears if you just cry 'em
It ain't no sin to get the blues
BRIDGE
Now some folks they really dig self-pity
But others make it clear
That if it were pos'ble
They'd rewrite the Epistles and the Gospels
So that nobody, nobody, ever
Had to shed a tear
Everybody's got to suffer sometime
We all got to work out our salvation on our own
Jesus never told ya that pain would never get a hold of you
He said "I'll never leave you all alone"
So when you feel those tears start rollin'
Don't you go and get yourself all confused
Cos' He'll dry your tears if you just cry 'em
It ain't no sin to get the blues
