Today I stumbled from my bed  With thunder crashing in my head  My pillow still wet   From last night tears  And as I think of giving up  A voice inside my coffee-cup  Kept crying but  And ringing in my ears    Don't cry daddy  Daddy, please don't cry  Daddy, you've still got me and little Tommy  Together we'll find a brand new mommy  Daddy, daddy, please laugh again  Daddy ride us on your back again  Oh, daddy, please don't cry    Why are children always first  To feel the pain and hurt the worst  It's true, but somehow   It just don't seem right  'Cause ev'ry time I cry I know  It hurts my little children so  I wonder will it be the same tonight    Don't cry daddy  Daddy, please don't cry  Daddy, you've still got me and little Tommy  Together we'll find a brand new mommy  Daddy, daddy, please laugh again  Daddy ride us on your back again  Oh, daddy, please don't cry  Oh, daddy, please don't cry