Lyrics

[Verse 1] Woke up to snow, it's Christmas again But you're still not home, got thrown in the pen And I'm six 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 having seven kids must have been hard But Daddy couldn't stay out of the bar [Chorus] It's a crying game Seeing him in prison on Christmas day Twenty 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 [Verse 2] I missed the call, and woke up to find My brother was gone, that's when I lost my mind At eighteen 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 'Til we lost another It's hard to know just what to think no more [Chorus] It's a crying game To have to put my brothers in their graves 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 [Bridge] Living and loving gets me through the pain Don't take for granted a soul or a day Anywhere I'm going, it's crazy to think that There's a million other people out there playing a [Chorus] 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 Oh, it's all the same It's a crying game