[Verse 1] Maybe you never cry again he said it like a prayer on a lap too small for grief in a house already thinning He didn't know the weight of the promise on his tongue just a child with a bright idea and a mama holding on [Pre-Chorus] I don't know what he was saying but I know it had power something in that little voice could hold the dark for hours [Chorus] Maybe you never cry again maybe you never cry again make you laugh like that make you laugh like that maybe you never cry again [Verse 2] He wanted to come home like home was still a door like his name would answer back like time would leave him more But his heart quit once and they called him back to breath then it quit a second time and there was nothing left [Pre-Chorus] The morning of August nine came cold and plain and slow the boy he used to be was the last thing left to know [Chorus] Maybe you never cry again maybe you never cry again make you laugh like that make you laugh like that maybe you never cry again [Bridge] A child can make a vow from the center of his ache not knowing what he blesses not knowing what he'll take And she heard it all through the years that came and went that laugh was just a promise and the promise was heaven-sent [Final Chorus] Maybe you never cry again maybe you never cry again make you laugh like that make you laugh like that maybe you never cry again Maybe you never cry again maybe you never cry again that's what he tried to do that's what he tried to do maybe you never cry again
