Once upon a time

Far, far away

A man gave up on the world

And threw his life away

 

It wasn’t long ago

Or in some enchanted place

No, this Grimm fairy tale

Is written on my face

 

My story’s not a romance

Or a rise to fame

No, it’s an autobiography

Of a life gone down the drain

 

So if you like sad stories

And if you like to cry

Just look what’s happening beneath my eyes

And read between the lines

 

Woah, woah, tears tell the story of me

My failures and my sorrows and my misery

Just check out all my teardrops and then you’ll see

Tears tell the story of me

 

I don’t live in a castle

Surrounded by a moat

I live in the city

Where there isn’t any hope

 

So don’t look for a dragon

Or an evil queen

The villain is the whole damn world

For treating me so mean

 

Woah, woah, tears tell the story of me

My failures and my sorrows and my misery

Just check out all my teardrops and then you’ll see

Tears tell the story of me

 

I’ve lived this whole sad story

Without a single friend

Just look what’s dripping down my cheek

You’ll see it reads “the end”

 

Woe, woe is me

I’m in a  Shakespeare tragedy

Oh, tears tell the story of me

 

So don’t look in the bookstore

Or the library

Tears tell the story of me

Yes, my tears tell the story of me