How can this be love if it makes us cry?
 
 How can this be love if it makes us cry?
 
  
  I thought love was everything
 
 I believed in all the good things it would bring
 
 But lately, we have hurt each other bad
 
 And I'm afraid to lose the lovin' that we had
  
 
 I tried to make it good
 
 I did the best I could
  
 
 How can this be love if it makes us cry?
 
 How can this be love if it makes us cry?
  
 
 I ask my mama: What to do?
 
 Is it just a passing thing we're goin' through?
 
 She said: Baby, don't be blue
 
 If you get through this, you know your love is true
  
 
 We tried to make it good
 
 We did the best I could
  
 
 How can this be love if it makes us cry?
 
 How can this be love if it makes us cry?
  
 
 I tried to make it good
 
 I did the best I could
 
 We tried and tried, we cried and cried
 
 We did the best we could
  
 
 How can this be love if it makes us cry?
 
 Woah, how can this be love if it makes us cry?
 
 Woah, woah, how can this be love if it makes us cry?
 
 How can this be love if it makes us cry?
  
 
 Tell me, mama, woah
 
 How can this be love if it makes us cry?
 
 Woah, how can this be love if it makes us cry?
 
 Woah, woah, how can this be love if it makes us cry?
 
 How can this be love if it makes us cry?