There's a man in the corner of a smokey bar He lights up a cigarette in the dark Lookin' in his glass like it's a way to his past Pulls down the brim of his black felt cowboy hat I had to ask him where he had been And he told me the same place you're gonna take your sins And with a spark in his eye I think he started to cry, hmm, hmm And I ain't never seen that look, in a grown man's eye Western tears, you try to hide 'em from your face But they come with the years When you roamin' from place to place And you're caught beneath the rubble When you shoot too many doubles And you tryin' to lose the trouble of your fears All you're left with is sittin' here cryin' western tears It reminded me of a girl chasin' down a world gettin' so close to her dream But a couple wrong turns led to a crash and a burn, and she tried not to feel a thing Tucson, Arizona weighed on her shoulders, she wondered why it all was so damn mean But soon, soon she'd see, what fate would bring Western tears, you try to hide 'em from your face But they come with the years When you roam in from place to place And you're caught beneath the rubble When you shoot too many doubles And you try to lose the trouble of your fears All you're left with is sitting here, yeah, you're cryin' western, western tears Yeah, you're cryin' western, western tears Ohh