The last time I cried, I was sitting home,

And it was deep in the night,

Staring at the shadows and the flickering lights,

Giving all that I had, to take them away,

Giving all that I had, to make them pay;

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The last time I cried, I could see the people,

Long ago in the rain,

Waiting as the soldiers put them all on a train,

And the hands on the bars, the eyes full of tears,

And the word is the same, for a thousand years,

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Eli Eli Lama, oh Lord, you have forsaken me,

Eli Eli Lama, oh Lord, you have forsaken me;

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The last time I cried, I could not believe it,

When I held on a face,

Staring at a soldier with his gun in the rain,

It was the face of a child, my child here asleep,

And the soldier who smiled, the man was me,

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Eli Eli Lama, oh Lord, you have forsaken me,

Eli Eli Lama, oh why, have you forsaken me?

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Eli Eli Lama, oh Lord, you have forsaken me,

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The last time I cried, the last time I cried,

The last time I cried, the last time I cried,

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The last time I cried, the last time I cried,

The last time I cried, the last time I cried,

The last time.