Yes I am cryin'   I got the blues and I don't know why   Yes I am cryin'   I got the blues, I'm so dissatisfied   'Cause I've been cryin' through the night   Tears on my pillow   And I have been cryin through the night   Weeping like a weeping willow   From cryin' through the night   Hear me cryin' through the night     I am lonely, downhearted and sad   'Cause I've lost the best woman that I ever had   To a friend of mine     Just can't figure out how it could be   That somebody like him could take her away from me   And it's on my mind   Nearly all the time     Yes I am cryin'   I got the blues and I don't know why   Yes I am cryin'   I got the blues, I'm so dissatisfied   'Cause I've been cryin' through the night   Tears on my pillow   And I have been cryin through the night   Weeping like a weeping willow   From cryin' through the night   Hear me cryin' through the night   Now I know just how best friends can be   'Cause he made sure you knew your best was with me   And it's on my mind     Here's a lesson much greater that wealth   Keep your business to you, yourself and no one else   And your smiling eyes   Won't be cryin' like mine   Yes I'm cryin'   I got the blues and I don't know why   Yes I'm cryin'   I got the blues, I'm so dissatisfied   'Cause I've been cryin' through the night   Tears on my pillow   And I have been cryin' through the night   Weeping like a weeping willow   From cryin' through the night   Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh   I'm like a weeping willow   From cryin' through the night   Oh, Oh, yeah   Hear me cryin', cryin', I'm cryin', cryin'   I'm cryin' baby, cryin' baby yeah   Even a fool can tell   That so many tears sho' enough done fell   And pretty soon before you know   I'll have enough tears to fill a water well   Hear me cryin' through the night   Oh yeah, cryin' through the night   [Break]  And it's on my mind   Nearly all the time     Yes I'm cryin'   I got the blues and I don't know why   Yes I'm cryin'   I got the blues, I'm so dissatisfied   'Cause I've been cryin' through the night   Tears on my pillow   And I have been cryin' through the night   Weeping like a weeping willow   From cryin' through the night   Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh   I'm weeping like a weeping willow   Oh, Oh, cryin' tears, cryin' tears   Through the night