Tears So Strong

Well, some midnights
When the lightning strikes
And it wakes me
I hear the lover's cry
Coming from the sky
And it takes me

To where the culverts slide
And the gators crawl
They don't run from tears so strong
It's pouring down, burning up the ground
As they're falling

Daddy told me once
"You'd better listen, son
"Start believing
"You might think you're tough
"But it ain't enough
"When she's leaving

"Someday you're gonna cry
"Those tears so strong
"Gonna wash them tattoos off your arms
"Gonna break it down, it's a lonely sound
"As they're fallin'"

Tears so strong
What went wrong
What's done is done
I got a heavy one
As they're falling

Tears so strong
Can't hold on
Until the Kingdom comes
I'm counting every one
As they're falling

I'll never see her again
Or breathe her fire
Only she could dry
These tears of mine

Well, I've gotta make sense
Of the time that's left
In a hurry
I'm going blind
'Cause I'm always crying
And it's blurry

Well, there's nothing worse
Than these tears so strong
It'd rust a knife through a voodoo doll
It's pouring down, burning up the ground
As they're falling

Tears so strong
What went wrong
What's done is done
I got a heavy one
As they're falling

Tears so strong
Can't hold on
Until the Kingdom comes
I'm counting every one
As they're falling

I'll never see her again
Or breathe her fire
Only she could dry
These tears of mine