All I Could Do Was Cry

Etta James

INTRO

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VERSE 1

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I heard church bells ringing
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I heard a choir singing
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I saw my love walk down the aisle
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On her finger, he placed a ring

VERSE 2

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I saw them holding hands

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She was standing there with my man

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I heard them promise “‘Til death do us part”

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Each word was a pain in my heart

CHORUS

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All I could do, all I could do was cry

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All I could do was cry

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I was losing the man that I love

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And all I could do was cry

VERSE 3

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And now the wedding is over

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Rice, rice has been thrown over their heads

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For them life has just begun

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But mine is at an end.CHORUS

Outro:

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And all I could do was cry.