LYRIC FOR SALE

By Sonia Portales

Please don’t cry

I was dreading the day
I would have to tell you
That I was no longer
in love with you.

But here you are in front of me,
With your eyes full of tears,
With your face full of pain.
I hate myself for hurting you.
Please forgive me, please.

I wish you would yell at me.
I feel it would somehow make things easier.
But you don’t have the strength.
I have dealt you a serious blow.
I am breaking your heart.

[Chorus]
Please I beg you don’t cry.
I never meant to hurt you.
I can’t bear seeing you in pain.
I wish there was another way.
I am sorry, please don’t cry.

I was hoping we could remain friends.
We were friends before we became lovers.
But right now the pain is too raw,
Crippling her soul and her whole being.

I look for words to soothe her aching heart.
But nothing I can say will make her feel better.
Silence is deafening and echoes around us.

[Chorus]
Please I beg you don’t cry.
I never meant to hurt you.
I can’t bear seeing you in pain.
I wish there was another way.
I am sorry, please don’t cry.

I start walking away
And as I reach the door she softly asks
“Do you love someone else?”
I turn around and see tears misting her eyes.

My guilt is overwhelming.
I don’t dare tell her that I do.
I look away, closing the door behind me,
The door between us.

I want to run but I slowly walk away.
My eyes are blurred and blind. Men cry alone.
How could I shred the love we had to pieces.
She had always been my rock, would have been my walking stick in old age.

[Chorus]
Please I beg you don’t cry.
I never meant to hurt you.
I can’t bear seeing you in pain.
I wish there was another way.
I am sorry, please don’t cry.