Tears Always Win

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It feels kinda crazy

These covers may keep me warm at night
But they can't take your place, cause they're never gonna hold me tight
And these pillows, may let me rest my head
But they can't say goodnight and tuck me in before I go to bed

I say nah baby girl you're better off that's what I'm telling myself (over and over)
But I'm lying to myself cause I know I don't want nobody else

These lips are missing you
Cause these lips ain't kissing you
These eyes put up a fight
But once again these tears always win
These arms are wanting you
Cause these arms ain't holding you
These eyes put up a fight
But once again these tears always win

These candles light up my room at night
But they can't light the room the way you did when you walked inside, oh baby
If these walls could sing about everything they witnessed
Oh it'd be a sad sad song, and it'd probably sound something like this

I say nah baby girl you're better off is what I'm telling myself (over and over)
But I'm lying to myself cause I know I don't want nobody else

Cause these lips are missing you
Cause these lips ain't kissing you
These eyes put up a fight
But once again these tears always win
These arms are wanting you
Cause these arms ain't holding you
These eyes put up a fight
But once again these tears always win

Tell me when the hell this loneliness is gonna be over (over and over)
When everything in this room reminds me of you
And every time I think I'm getting closer
These tears drown me out, and once again I lose

Cause these lips are missing you
Cause these lips ain't kissing you
I put up a fight
But once again these tears always win
These arms are wanting you
Cause these arms ain't holding you
These eyes put up a fight
But once again these tears always win

Crying like oh oh oh oh
These eyes put up a fight
But once again these tears always win
Crying like oh oh oh oh
These eyes put up a fight
But once again these tears always win
These eyes put up a fight
But once again these tears always win



WRITTEN BY Alicia Keys, Jeff Bhasker, Bruno Mars, Phillip Lawrence
PUBLISHED BY Lellow Productions/EMI Music Publishing, Inc.(ASCAP), Way Above Music/Sony/
ATV Songs LLC (BMI), Mars Force Songs, LLC (ASCAP) and
BMG Rights Management (US) LLC (exclusively adm. by BMG),
Roc Nation Music/Music Famananem LP (adm. by EMI April Music, Inc.)

PRODUCED BY Jeff Bhasker & Alicia Keys
MUSICIANS:
Alicia Keys: Lead & Background Vocals
Jeff Bhasker: Live Piano, Keyboards, Drum Programming
Emile Haynie: Drum Programming
Bruno Mars: Bass, Guitars
Bruno Mars. Billy Kraven, Phillip Lawrence: Background Vocals
Engineered & Recorded by Ann Mincieli at Oven Studios (NYC)
Assistant Engineers: Val Brathwaite, Ramon Rivas
Mixed By Manny Marroquin at Jungle City Studios (NYC)/
Mix Assistant: Chris Galland
Bruno Mars appears courtesy of Atlantic Recording