TWO TEARDROPS

(Bill Anderson - Steve Wariner)

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RECORDED BY STEVE WARINER



Two teardrops were floatin' down the river

One teardrop said to the other

I'm from the soft blue eyes of a woman in love

I'm a tear of joy she couldn't carry

She was so happy she'd just gotten married

I was on her cheek when she wiped me away with her glove

I could tell by the look on her face she didn't need me

So I drifted on down and caught me a ride to the sea

The other tear said we've got a connection

I'm a tear of sorrow born of rejection

I'm from the sad brown eyes of her old flame

She told him they would be life-long companions

Left him with questions and not any answers

I was on his cheek as he stood there callin' her name

I could tell he had a lot of my friends for company

So I drifted on down and caught me a ride to the sea

Oh the ocean's a little bit bigger tonight

Two more teardrops somebody cried

One of them happy and one of them bluer than blue

The tide goes out and the tide comes in

And someday there'll be teardrops again

Released in a moment of pleasure for a moment of pain

And they drift on down and ride to the sea again

Last night I sat in the waiting room

The nurse walked in and gave me the news

It's a baby girl and they're both fine

Old man sittin' not ten feet away just lost his wife said to me

You've got brand new angel and I lost mine

I guess the Good Lord giveth and the Good Lord taketh away

And we both wiped a tear drop from our face

Oh the ocean's a little bit bigger tonight

Two more teardrops somebody cried

One of them happy and one of them bluer than blue

The tide goes out and the tide comes in

A whole new circle of life begins

Where tears are part of the pleasure and part of the pain

Till they drift on down and ride to the sea again

Two teardrops floatin' down the river

Two teardrops floatin' down the river