How can this be love if it makes us cry? How can this be love if it makes us cry? I thought love was everything I believed in all the good things it would bring But lately, we have hurt each other bad And I'm afraid to lose the lovin' that we had I tried to make it good I did the best I could How can this be love if it makes us cry? How can this be love if it makes us cry? I ask my mama: What to do? Is it just a passing thing we're goin' through? She said: Baby, don't be blue If you get through this, you know your love is true We tried to make it good We did the best I could How can this be love if it makes us cry? How can this be love if it makes us cry? I tried to make it good I did the best I could We tried and tried, we cried and cried We did the best we could How can this be love if it makes us cry? Woah, how can this be love if it makes us cry? Woah, woah, how can this be love if it makes us cry? How can this be love if it makes us cry? Tell me, mama, woah How can this be love if it makes us cry? Woah, how can this be love if it makes us cry? Woah, woah, how can this be love if it makes us cry? How can this be love if it makes us cry?