No man knows what it's like
Crying a river, a river for love
Seems like no one sees
When a woman's fed up
It's always too late and she's already given up

Now what can you do?
Now that she's not there to touch
She's not there to hold at night
And what would you do?
Now that she's been hurt in love
Gon' be hard to trust

'Cause she's giving so much in love
And it seems like her best just ain't enough
And it's taking more than she can give
To the point where she can't take no more
And her tears turn to black

Black tears
(Black tears, black tears...) 
I don't think you hear me out there
(Black tears, black tears...)

See I've been through it once or twice before
So you know that it feel you when a good woman's scorned
You could tried everything to make it work
And then you realize you're standing alone
I wanna know

Now what can you do?
Now that she's not there to touch
She's not there to hold at night
And what would you do?
Now that she's been hurt in love
Gon' be hard to trust

'Cause she's giving so much in love
And it seems like her best just ain't enough
And it's taking more than she can give
To the point where she can't take no more
And her tears turn to black

Black tears
(Black tears, black tears...) 
I don't think you hear me out there
(Black tears, black tears...)

Oh does it make you feel real good?
Having women cry for you, for you
Probably feeling like a real man
Don't know how you can sleep at night, at night

Tell me why does a man let a good girl go
When they do everything to keep them up
With the cooking and cleaning? 
Is there a reason you wanna give it up?

'Cause she's giving so much in love
And it seems like her best just ain't enough
And it's taking more than she can give
To the point where she can't take no more
And her tears turn to black

Black tears
(Black tears, black tears...)