you joined the band in memphis tennessee
playin bass and singin harmony with me
now i don't fall easy
but this time i fell hard
oh i let down my guard

we were in love and the band was doin well
down in baton rouge you don't come back to the hotel
that was the beginning of the end of you and me
but i was blind and could not see
i held on so desperately

nothing could make me quit hopin you'd change
til the night i cried onstage

things just got crazier as we traveled down the road
i was hearing stories from folks i didn't even know
watchin you smile at all the girls in the front row
trying to stay in control
trying to make it through the show

hiding all the heartbreak, confusion, and rage
til the night i cried onstage

and every night right at closing time
everyone would watch us as we'd say our little lines

then one night i finally had my own affair
i was drinking whiskey, he was smooth and debonair
but the next night you were smiling like you didn't even care

oh i felt my poor heart break
it was all that i could take

it was a sad song, the last one that we played
the night i cried onstage
the night i cried onstage
the night i cried onstage
the night i cried onstage