My shattered dreams and broken heart
Are mending on the shelf
I saw you holding hands standing close to someone else
Now I sit all alone, wishing all my feeling was gone
I'd give my best to you
Nothing for me to do
But have one last cry

One last cry
Before I leave it all behind
I've gotta put you out of my mind, this time
Stop living a lie
I guess I'm down to one last cry

Cry

I was here, you were there
Guess we never could agree
While the sun shines on you,
I need some love to rain on me
Still, I sit all alone,
Wishing all my feeling was gone
Gotta get over you
Nothing for me to do
But have one last cry

One last cry
Before I leave it all behind
I've gotta put you out of my mind, this time
Stop living a lie
I know I gotta be strong,
'Cause 'round me life goes on and on and on
And on

I'm gonna dry my eyes
Right after I have my one last cry

One last cry
Before I leave it all behind
I'm gonna put you out of my mind, for the very last time
Been living a lie
I guess I'm down
I guess I'm down
I guess I'm down to one last cry


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One Last Cry Lyrics as written by Melanie Barnes Brian Kelly Mcknight

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

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    thiS is A SAd SonG...i liStenEd to it And CriEd myselF to SleeP i'm sooO fucKin DeprEsSED...and You nEVeR GEt to haVE just one lASt Cry wheN the TeARz keeP falLIng all dAy and non-stOp...MaNueL i lovE You soOo mucH buT you doN't lovE me anyMorE do YOU? why/////I gAVe YOU eVErYTHing AnYONe COulD aSK FOR AND ALL i cAN ASk yoU ISh WHy?

    BrAvE lIl tOaStEron June 14, 2002   Link
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    U know what....nobody cares....this song sucks ass

    estoguyon June 14, 2002   Link
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    and i thought words couldn't express how i felt....i was wrong. (used to)

    SCbabie23on August 13, 2002   Link
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    it's soooooo beautiful.....

    hakkaigirl27on October 15, 2002   Link
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    this is my break-up song :' ( listening to the lyrics gives u the feeling the song was wrote especially for u!!

    lil_fairy_princesson April 12, 2004   Link
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    this is my break-up song :' ( listening to the lyrics gives u the feeling the song was wrote especially for u!!

    lil_fairy_princesson April 12, 2004   Link
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    There is never one last cry. You hope for it to be, but it never is . . . This song is beautiful in such a sad way.

    suepursticiouson October 18, 2004   Link
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    I disagree with some of the above posts... time heals all wounds... and even if it seems that you can't stop crying now, there will be a point in your life that you won't even remember what it was you were crying for.... nothing last forever, including pain... so when brian mcknight says "one last cry" it just shows that he is finally over her..... i remember when i cried my last cry... at the time i didnt know it would be the last cry, but i found that after that day (a lot of stuff had happened) that i just didnt have any tears left.... i realized i was over it, and i havent cried since :)

    Pryncess33on October 28, 2006   Link

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