Written by Tommy Douglas/Steve Seskin
**** Intro: G D Am7 C (x2) G D I pulled into the shopping center Am7 C G D Am7 C And saw a little boy wrapped around the legs of his mother G D Like ice cream melting they embraced Am7 C G D Am7 C Years of bad decisions runnin' down her face G D Am7 All mornin' I'd been thinkin' my life's so hard C G D Am7 C And they wore everything they own, livin' in a car G D Am7 C I wanted to tell him it would be okay G D Am7 C But I got just got in my suburban and I drove awayG D Keep having this dream about my old man Am7 C G D Am7 C I'm 10 years old, and he's holding my hand G D Am7 We're talkin' on the front porch watchin' the sun go down C G D Am7 C But it was just a dream he was a slave to his job and he couldn't be around G D Am7 C So many things I wanna say to him G D Am7 C But I just placed a rose on his grave, and I talked to the windG D Am7 C G D Am7 C G And I don't know why they say grown men don't cry D Am7 C G D Am7 C I don't know why they say grown men don't cryInstrumental: Bb F Dm C Bb F D G D I'm sittin' here with my kids and my wife Am7 C G D Am7 C And everything that I hold dear in my life G D We say grace and thank the Lord Am7 C Got so much to be thankful for G D Am7 C Then it's up the stairs and off to bed and my little girl says G D Am7 C "I haven't had my story yet." G D Am7 C G Everything weighin' on my mind disappears just like that D Am7 (no chord) When she lifts her head off her pillow and says, "I love you Dad" G D Am7 C G D Am7 C G D Am7 C G I don't know why they say grown men don't cry D Am7 C G D Am7 C I don't know why they say grown men don't cry G D Am7 C G D Am7 C G And I don't know why they say grown men don't cry D Am7 C G D Am7 C I don't know why they say grown men don't cry, don't cry Outro: G D (x3) G Chords: Am7 = x02010 Bb = x13331(bar chord) or xx3331 C = x32010 D = xx0232 Dm = xx0231 F = 133211(bar chord) or xx3211 G = 320003G D Am7 C G D Am7 C G And I don't know why they say grown men don't cry D Am7 C G D Am7 C I don't know why they say grown men don't cry, don't cry