The savannah's warm, the sun still out The pride has gone, but is still around I look at them and then I smile again I'm moving on, I can't stand still The cubs are fine, or in time they will See that times like these were for the best And hardship times, well, they never last I had it all figured out But gotten wrong, what it was about I got the what, I got the why But lions don't cry The hunt's still off, it's been a while I found the time and space to smile I've no need right now for a new lioness A lion's never feeling helpless I had it all figured out But gotten wrong, what it was about I got the what, I got the why But lions don't cry I had it all figured out But gotten wrong, what it was about I never stopped to ask you why You know, I don't want no reply The time has come to say goodbye And now you know, you know why Lions don't cry Lions don't cry Lions don't cry