| Song | When A Man Cries |
| Artist | The Divine Comedy |
| Album | Bang Goes The Knighthood |
| Download | Image LRC TXT |
| When a child cries the tears rise quickly | |
| Spill hot and prickly down the reddened cheeks | |
| Just to leave as quickly as they came | |
| And peace returns again | |
| When a child cries you know about it | |
| They scream and shout until the hurt is gone | |
| Like a shower of rain that for a moment | |
| Hides away the sun | |
| But when a man cries it’s choked and throttled | |
| It’s all been bottled up for far too long | |
| And when at last the pressure cooker blows | |
| It’s hard to stem the flow | |
| When a man cries his body shakes | |
| And his eyeballs ache | |
| And his mind vibrates | |
| But he doesn’t make a sound | |
| Don’t wanna wake the house now | |
| Well the reasons are vague and hard to put in words | |
| Just a dull abstract ache, don’t wanna worry her | |
| She would only ask what’s wrong and I’d try to say | |
| Then she’d take all my pain and explain it away | |
| But who can explain why a man cries | |
| When a man cries he cries alone | |
| And for just a moment he’s back at home | |
| Cradled in his mother’s arms | |
| Free from guilt and safe from harm |
| When a child cries the tears rise quickly | |
| Spill hot and prickly down the reddened cheeks | |
| Just to leave as quickly as they came | |
| And peace returns again | |
| When a child cries you know about it | |
| They scream and shout until the hurt is gone | |
| Like a shower of rain that for a moment | |
| Hides away the sun | |
| But when a man cries it' s choked and throttled | |
| It' s all been bottled up for far too long | |
| And when at last the pressure cooker blows | |
| It' s hard to stem the flow | |
| When a man cries his body shakes | |
| And his eyeballs ache | |
| And his mind vibrates | |
| But he doesn' t make a sound | |
| Don' t wanna wake the house now | |
| Well the reasons are vague and hard to put in words | |
| Just a dull abstract ache, don' t wanna worry her | |
| She would only ask what' s wrong and I' d try to say | |
| Then she' d take all my pain and explain it away | |
| But who can explain why a man cries | |
| When a man cries he cries alone | |
| And for just a moment he' s back at home | |
| Cradled in his mother' s arms | |
| Free from guilt and safe from harm |
| When a child cries the tears rise quickly | |
| Spill hot and prickly down the reddened cheeks | |
| Just to leave as quickly as they came | |
| And peace returns again | |
| When a child cries you know about it | |
| They scream and shout until the hurt is gone | |
| Like a shower of rain that for a moment | |
| Hides away the sun | |
| But when a man cries it' s choked and throttled | |
| It' s all been bottled up for far too long | |
| And when at last the pressure cooker blows | |
| It' s hard to stem the flow | |
| When a man cries his body shakes | |
| And his eyeballs ache | |
| And his mind vibrates | |
| But he doesn' t make a sound | |
| Don' t wanna wake the house now | |
| Well the reasons are vague and hard to put in words | |
| Just a dull abstract ache, don' t wanna worry her | |
| She would only ask what' s wrong and I' d try to say | |
| Then she' d take all my pain and explain it away | |
| But who can explain why a man cries | |
| When a man cries he cries alone | |
| And for just a moment he' s back at home | |
| Cradled in his mother' s arms | |
| Free from guilt and safe from harm |