Woke up to snow, it's Christmas again
But you're still not home
Got thrown in the pin
And I'm 6 years old
Sitting here thinking why am I always alone
So I watched my mama from the back of the van
As she drove along
And havin seven kids must have been hard
But daddy couldn't stay out the bar
It's a crying game
Seeing him in prison on Christmas Day
20 years later, still such a shame
To have a broken heart at such a young age
But now it's all the same
It's a crying game
I missed the call and woke up to find
My brother was gone
That's when I lost my mind
At 18 years old
Wondering how life could be so cold
But we came together like never before
All my brothers and sisters kept mama at shore
Till we lost another
It's hard to know just what to think no more
It's a crying game
To have to put my brothers in their graves
And life ain't perfect but it's such a shame
They left behind the stories that they never made
But now it's all the same
It's a crying game
Living and lovin gets me through the pain
Don't take for granted a soul or a day
Getting where I'm going it's crazy to think
That there's a million other people out there playing a
Crying game
There's no winning and no one to blame
Life is fragile and can slip away
And let me tell you when it does it's such a shame
But it's all the same
It's a crying game