I am a full grown fool and I shoulda known better
But I tried and I tried and I could not forget her
I would go back to her time after time
Man I must have been out of my mind
All of that cryin` for nothing
All of that tryin` for nothing
What has it ever got me
What has it ever taught me
I`ve got to keep believing
In somethin` baby
`Stead of just tryin` for nothing
Cryin` for nothin` at all
Well we fought for love and we fought for trust
And the whole blessed time it was right there in front of us
We could not reach it and I don`t know why
It took so long just to say goodbye
All of that cryin` for nothing
All of that tryin` for nothing
What has it ever got me
What has it ever taught me
I`ve got to keep believing
In somethin` baby
`Stead of just tryin` for nothing
Cryin` for nothin` at all
Well her friends all told her, mine told me
But we would not listen, could not see
Me and my pride, her and her dreams
We never ever stood a chance it seems
All of that cryin` for nothing
All of that tryin` for nothing
What has it ever got me
What has it ever taught me
I`ve got to keep believing
In somethin` baby
`Stead of just tryin` for nothing
Cryin` for nothin` at all
`Stead of just tryin` for nothing
Cryin` for nothin` at all