I hope some rain falls on Bill Buchanan's cotton crop And I hope when the ground is good And wet and the cotton's good and green the rain will stop And I hope the time will come when all the hate in this ole world'll end But most of all I hope you never cry again I hope that ole Miss Haley's broken hip gets well OK And I hope she can set out more azaleas And I hope she's right when she says she may buy her a Lemay And I hope that someday I can turn ole Johnny Mills into a friend But most of all I hope you never cry again Cause I know why you cry and why you never sing a song You cry because I'm always doin' somethin' wrong I want my way but I'm tryin' hard to learn how to bend That's why I hope you never cry again I hope that all little leaguers sometime get to play And I hope that all children learn to go To the meadow and pick their moms a big bouquet And I hope that ev'rybody gets out of the trouble they get in But most of all I hope you never cry again Cause I know why you cry and why you never sing a song You cry because I'm always doin' somethin' wrong I want my way but I'm tryin' hard to learn how to bend That's why I hope you never cry again