The Man Who Couldn't Cry

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There once was a man and he couldn't cry
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He hadn't cried for years and for years
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For instance could not produce tears
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As a child he had cried as all children will
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Then at some point his tear ducts all ran dry
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He grew to be a man, it all hit the fan
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Things got bad, but he couldn't cry

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His dog was run over, his wife up and left him
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And after that he got sacked from his job
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Lost his arm in the war, was laughed at by a whore
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Ah, but sill not a sniffle or sob
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His novel was refused, his movie was panned
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 His big Broadway show was a flop
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He got sent off to jail;  you guessed it, no bail
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Oh, but still not a dribble or drop
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In jail he was beaten, bullied and buggered
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And made to make license plates
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Water and bread was all he was fed
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But not once did a tear stain his face
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Doctors were called in, scientists, too
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Theologians were last and practically least
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They all agreed sure enough;  this is no cream puff
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But in fact an insensitive beast
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He was taken from jail and placed in a place
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For the insensitive and the insane
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He made a lot of friends, and played lots of chess

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And he cried every time it would rain
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Once it rained forty days and it rained forty nights
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And he cried and he cried and he cried and he cried
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On the forty-first day, he passed away
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He just dehydrated and died

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He went up to heaven, located his dog
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After that, he rejoined his arm
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Below, all the critics, they took it all back
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Cancer robbed the whore of her charm
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His ex-wife died of stretch marks, his ex-employer went broke
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The theologians were finally found out
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Right down to the ground, the jail house burned down
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The earth suffered perpetual drought