written by J.D. Souther      If you've ever been taken for money   If you've ever gone down with your pride   If you've ever stood up for a good friend and lost   You know that the river is wide      Like a painter who waits for the sunrise   With a picture in both of his hands   It's like part of your life is already begun   With something that you don't understand      But don't cry now   Oh don't cry now   Don't cry now   No don't cry now      When you're lying alone in the night time   And your loneliness turns into fear   With the words of your memory failing and falling   You're drowning in a river of tears      But don't cry now   Ooh don't cry now      If you've ever thought much about freedom   You might find yourself caught in some door   With somebody you love more than (incomprehensible to my ears)   And you've been weeping but you don't know what for      But don't cry now   Oh don't cry now   Don't cry now   Ooh don't cry now   Don't cry now   Woah don't cry now