I Couldn't Cry If I Wanted To
The Temptations Lyrics

You ask if I remembered, when we first met.
Asking if I still remember the moment that both of us met.

Girl, tell me how could I ever forget
Of course, I remember that memory so clearly.

There, you were standing there.
You were standing there looking so beautiful.

Aw, with ruby lips and the golden hair.
With ruby lips and golden hair, you were looking gorgeous.

Your beauty seem to hypnotize me.
Your beauty was so mesmerizing that it completely hypnotized me.

I had that feeling I was no longer free.
I sensed that I was no longer free because I fell in love with you.

But when I ask you for a dance. (For a dance)
I asked you for a dance but you refused.

You wouldn't even give me a chance. (Me a chance)
You weren't even willing to give me a chance.

And it hurt me through and through.
It was really painful and hurtful for me.

That was the first time I got over you.
I got over you for the first time during that moment.

You had my heart dingling,
My heart was so strongly attached to you.

Like a puppet on a string.
It was like you were controlling me like a puppet on a string.

To you I meant nothing, darling.
I didn't mean anything to you, my love.

But to me it meant everything.
It meant everything in the world to me.

Girl, you know since then through the years. (Through the years)
Over the years, you know since then.

I've shed so many tears. (So many tears)
I have cried so much because of you.

And all because of you, I couldn't cry if I wanted to.
Now, I can't even cry, even if I want to, all because of you.

I don't know why I still love you.
I don't even know why I still love you.

'Cause you don't even want me around.
Because you don't even want me to be around you.

Year after year it's the same o' thing.
It's the same thing every year.

You build me up, to let me down.
You keep building me up just to let me down.

So go on and hurt me. (Hurt me)
So go ahead and hurt me if you really want to.

This time it'll be different.
But this time it will be different.

Mmm, my tears you'll see no more.
You won't see me crying anymore.

'Cause I've cried so through the years. (Through the years)
Because over the years, I have cried so much.

Until I run out of tears. (Run out of tears)
Until I completely run out of tears to cry.

And all because of you, I couldn't cry if I wanted to.
All of this is because of you, and now I can't even cry even if I want to.

I'll never shed another tear.
I will never cry again.

I couldn't cry no more, darling.
I can't even cry anymore, my love.

Seems as though the pain
It seems like the pain

Have gone the tears from my eyes.
Has taken away my ability to even cry.

Never cry, never.
I will never cry again.

Never no more.
Never again.

I'll never shed another tear.
I will never cry again.