The last time I cried I was sitting home and it was deep in the night Staring at the shadows and the flickering lights Giving all that I had To take them away Giving all that I had To make them pay The last time I cried I could see the people, long ago in the rain Waiting as the soldiers put them all on a train And the hands on the bar The eyes full of tears And the word is the same For a thousand years Eli Eli Lama, oh, Lord You have forsaken me ♪ Eli Eli Lama, oh, Lord You have forsaken me The last time I cried ♪ I could not believe it, when I held on a face Staring at a soldier with his gun in the rain It was the face of a child ♪ My child here asleep And the soldier who smiled The man was me ♪ Eli Eli Lama, oh, Lord You have forsaken me ♪ Eli Eli Lama, oh, why Have you forsaken me? Eli Eli Lama, oh, Lord ♪ You have forsaken me ♪ The last time I cried ♪ The last time I cried The last time I cried ♪ The last time I cried ♪ The last time I cried The last time I cried The last time I cried The last time I cried The last time