CRYING STEEL GUITAR
(Dolly Long)

as recorded by Tammy Wynette


I'm not surprised to find you here
In this old dim lit world,
I'll bet you've held a thousand
Poor brokenhearted girls!

You sound so sad, you must have had
Your share of misery,
But you're just a crying steel guitar,
So cry again for me!

'Cause while you're crying
His memory's dying;
There's a special kind of sigh
In the lonely way you cry!

You express my feelings
And my tears no-one will see,
So let you call blue lonely strings,
Cry once again for me!

I'll be here at this table
Again tomorrow night.
Each time that I'm close to you
I know I'll be alright!

I love him more than anything
But it's over, I can see.
If you don't mind, please steel guitar,
Cry once again for me!

'Cause while you're crying
His memory's dying;
There's a special kind of sigh
In the lonely way you cry!

You express my feelings
And my tears no-one will see,
So let you call blue lonely strings,
Cry once again for me!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - June 2020)