It's twelve o'clock, the TV's on and I'm just sittin' around 
I'm restless and blue, but I can't figure out why 
As the drunks on the park benches are putting their blankets down 
I'm thinking boy, you'd better learn to cry 

Well I could go to sleep or else recourse to alcohol 
I could break up some of this room or just go outside 
I could turn up some old hit so loud I can't hear it anymore 
Sayin' boy, you'd better learn to cry 
Boy, you'd better learn to cry 

Girlfriends and wives punctuate your silence somehow 
In darkened rooms in flickering black and white 
She says all the actors in this movie are probably dead by now 
You're thinkin' boy, you'd better learn to cry 
Boy, you'd better learn to cry 

A familiar face with a loving smile greets you every day 
And failure seeps a little deeper through your life 
Yeah sure you gave some girl your heart, but you never used it anyway 
Sayin' boy, you better learn to cry 
Boy, you'd better learn to cry