Bill Anderson

You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry

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YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A BABY TO CRY
(Bob Merrill - Terry Shand)
Â« Â© '50 Joy Music Â»

You don't have to be a baby to cry
All you need is for love to go wrong
You don't have to be a baby to cry
Or to lay awake the whole night long
When you leave me my golden rainbow disappears
And you leave me a broken heart full of tears
These ain't raindrops in my eyes what should I lie
You don't have to be a baby to cry
When you leave me my golden rainbow disappears
And you leave me a broken heart full of tears
These ain't raindrops in my eyes what should I lie
You don't have to be a baby to cry

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