All I Could Do Was Cry
Etta James
Written by B. Davis

- peaked at #33 in 1960

I heard church bells ringing
I heard a choir singing
I saw my love walk down the aisle
On her finger he placed a ring

Oh, I saw them holding hands
She was standing there with my man
I heard them promise "Till death do us part"
Each word was a pain in my heart

   All I could do, all I could do was cry (cry, cry, cry)
   All I could do was cry (cry, cry, cry)
   I was losing the man that I loved
   And all I could do was cry (cry, cry, cry)

Yeah and now the wedding's over
Rice, rice has been thrown over their heads
For them life has just begun
But mine is at an end

   All, all I could do, all I could do was cry (cry, cry, cry)
   All I could do was cry (cry, cry, cry)
   I was losing the man that I loved (cry, cry, cry)
   And all I could do was cry (cry, cry, cry)