time is a matter of fact   and it's gone and it'll never come back   and mine, it's wasted all the time   tears, stupid tears, bring me down   i got lucky by coincidence   but i got my feelings bent   and my head looking at the ground   tears, stupid tears, bring me down   how could you know that's where the wind blows   out to the wind that's where my love goes   and it brings me down   tie my brain into a knot   those tears, stupid tears, bring me down   i know that i have a friend    he stays with me all day long   he knows and i walk in his shell   i was born in the body and right from the start   those tears, stupid tears, been tearing us apart   how could i know that's where the wind blows   out to the wind that's where my love goes   and it brings me down   tie my brain into a knot   those tears, stupid tears, bring me down