Not Gon' Cry

Album: Waiting To Exhale (1996)
Charted: 39 2
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  • While all the time that I was loving you
    You were busy loving yourself
    I would stop breathing if you told me to
    Now you're busy loving someone else
    Eleven years out of my life
    Besides the kids I have nothing to show
    Wasted my years a fool of a wife
    I shoulda have left your ass long time ago

    Well I'm not gon' cry
    I'm not gon' cry
    I'm not gon' shed no tears
    No, I'm not gon' cry
    It's not the time
    'Cause you're not worth my tears (can't do it)
    Well I'm not gon' cry
    I'm not gon' cry (I said I can't do it)
    I'm not gon' shed no tears (you were never worth the tears)
    No, I'm not gon' cry
    It's not the time
    'Cause you're not worth my tears (mm)

    I was your lover and your secretary
    Working every day of the week
    Was at the job when no one else was there
    Helping you get on your feet
    Eleven years of sacrifice
    And you can leave me at the drop of a dime
    Swallowed my fears, stood by your side
    I shoulda left your ass a thousand times (ayy)

    Well I'm not gon' cry
    I'm not gon' cry
    I'm not gon' shed no tears (I deserve better)
    No, I'm not gon' cry
    It's not the time
    'Cause you're not worth my tears (never wanna shed a tear, no)
    Well I'm not gon' cry
    I'm not gon' cry
    I'm not gon' shed no tears (I'm not gonna cry no more)
    No, I'm not gon' cry (no, no, no, no)
    It's not the time
    'Cause you're not worth my tears (ooh-ooh, oh ooh)

    I know there are no guarantees (guarantees)
    In love you take your chances (don't take chances)
    But somehow it seems unfair to me (so unfair)
    Look at the circumstances
    Through sickness and health, 'til death do us part
    Those were the words that we said from our hearts
    So now when you say that you're leaving me
    I don't get that part (ooh)

    I was your lover and your secretary
    Working every day of the week
    Was at the job when no one else was there
    Helping you get on your feet
    Eleven years of sacrifice
    And you can leave me at the drop of a dime
    Swallowed my fears, stood by your side
    I shoulda left your ass a thousand times (ayy)

    Well I'm not gon' cry (again and again and again)
    I'm not gon' cry (I said I should've been gone, gone, gone, gone)
    I'm not gon' shed no tears
    No, I'm not gon' cry (I'm not gonna cry, it's not worth the time)
    It's not the time
    'Cause you're not worth my tears (all your lies, oh, oh, oh, oh)
    Well I'm not gon' cry (I'm not gonna shed a tear 'cause you lied)
    I'm not gon' cry
    I'm not gon' shed no tears (I'm not gonna cry)
    No, I'm not gon' cry (I said I can't do it)
    It's not the time
    'Cause you're not worth my tears (you are never worth my tears)

    No, I'm not gon' cry
    I'm not gon' cry
    I'm not gon' shed no tears (all the tears I've cried)
    No, I'm not gon' cry (I'm not gonna shed a tear)
    It's not the time
    'Cause you're not worth my tears (but you're wrong)
    Well, I'm not gon' cry (but you're wrong)
    I'm not gon' cry (you're wrong)
    I'm not gon' shed no tears (I'm not gonna shed a tear)
    No, I'm not gon' cry (again and again and again) Writer/s: Kenneth Edmonds
    Publisher: FOX MUSIC, INC., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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