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