[Verse 1]
My daddy told me don't you cry now
Said tears don't fix a thing
I carried that my whole life
Held it in like it was strength
But some nights I break down driving
Some nights I can't hold the weight
Lord, I read where Jesus wept
Standing right outside that tomb
If the strongest man who ever lived
Could cry, then I guess I can too
[Chorus]
It's alright for a man to cry
Don't have to hide it, don't ask why
Even Jesus cried at Lazarus' grave
Then he raised him back to life
Strong ain't never holding it in
Strong is letting go of the fight
It's alright for a man to cry
Lord, it's alright, it's alright
It's alright
[Verse 2]
I watched my own boy hide his tears
Told him "it's okay, let 'em fall"
Realized I was teaching different
Than the lesson I learned as a kid, that's all
Now when he sees his daddy crying
He don't flinch, he just holds on
Lord, I read where Jesus wept
Standing right outside that tomb
If the strongest man who ever lived
Could cry, then I guess I can too
[Chorus]
It's alright for a man to cry
Don't have to hide it, don't ask why
Even Jesus cried at Lazarus' grave
Then he raised him back to life
Strong ain't never holding it in
Strong is letting go of the fight
It's alright for a man to cry
Lord, it's alright, it's alright
It's alright
[Bridge]
Lord, thank you for showing us
That the toughest heart still breaks
Thank you for the tears you cried
So we could cry for our own sake
[Chorus]
It's alright for a man to cry
Don't have to hide it, don't ask why
Even Jesus cried at Lazarus' grave
Then he raised him back to life
Strong ain't never holding it in
Strong is letting go of the fight
It's alright for a man to cry
Lord, it's alright, it's alright
It's alright
Lord, it's alright to cry
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It's Alright (For a Man To Cry)
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Sep 23, 2026 updated
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Song Meaning
Silas Kirk builds this song around a lesson passed down from a father who insisted tears fix nothing, and the cost of carrying that belief for decades. The narrator admits he still breaks down behind the wheel some nights, unable to hold the weight, and it's the shortest verse in Scripture that finally loosens the grip: Jesus standing at the tomb of Lazarus, weeping before he called him out. That image becomes the argument of the chorus — if the strongest man who ever lived could cry, then so can he. Strength, in this telling, isn't white-knuckling emotion but releasing the fight. The second verse turns the inheritance around: watching his own son hide tears, he tells the boy to let them fall, and when the child sees his father cry he doesn't flinch, he just holds on. A bridge of thanks names the tears Jesus shed as the reason ordinary men can shed their own. The song stays plainspoken, built on a single repeated confession rather than resolution, and it ends where it began — permission, offered gently, to grieve.
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