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by Steve Wariner


Two Teardrops  
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 just got married
                                                                                      
I was on her cheek when she wiped me away with her glove
                                                                                            
I could tell from 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 lifelong companions
                                                                          
Left him with questions and not any answers
                                                                               
I was on his cheek as he stood there calling 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

Bridge 1
                                       
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 they'll be teardrops again
                                                                            
Released in a moment of pleasure or a moment of pain
                                                           
Then 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

An old man sittin' not 10 feet away
                                                         
Just lost his wife and he said to me
                                                                               
You've got a brand new angel and I've lost mine
                                                                                         
I guess the good Lord giveth and the good Lord taketh away
                                               
And we both wiped a teardrop from our face

Bridge 2
                                     
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 a part of the pleasure and part of the pain
                                                          
'Til they drift on down and ride to the sea again


Two teardrops floatin' down the river

Two teardrops floatin' down the river