"Tears to Shed" is the third song in the 2005 animated feature film Corpse Bride. It is sung by the Maggot, The Black Widow, and Emily.
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Black Widow:
(spoken) Oh those girls of Tenor Panic
You've got so much more
You got-, you've got-, you've got a wonderful personality
Maggot: What does that wispy little brat have that you don't have double?
Black Widow: She can't hold a candle to the beauty of your smile
Emily: How about a pulse?
Maggot: Overrated by a mile
Black Widow: Overvalued
Maggot: Overblown
Both: If he only knew the you that we know.
Emily: (sigh)
Black Widow: And that silly little creature isn't wearing his ring
Maggot: And she doesn't play piano
Both: Or dance
Maggot: Or sing
Both: No, she doesn't compare
Emily: But she still breathes air
Both: Who cares?
Maggot: Unimportant
Black Widow: Overrated
Maggot: Overblown
Both:
If only he could see
How special you can be
If he only knew the you that we know
Emily:
If I touch a burning candle I can feel no pain
If you cut me with a knife it's still the same
And I know her heart is beating
And I know that I am dead
Yet the pain here that I feel
Try and tell me it's not real
For it seems that I still have a tear to shed
Maggot:
The sole redeeming feature
From that little creature
Is that she's alive
Black Widow: Overrated
Maggot: Overblown
Black Widow:
Everybody knows that's just a temporary state
Which is cured very quickly when we meet our fate
Maggot: Who cares?
Black Widow: Unimportant
Maggot: Overrated
Black Widow: Overblown
Both:
If only he could see
How special you can be
If he only knew the you that we know
Emily:
If I touch a burning candle I can feel no pain
In the ice or in the sun it's all the same
Yet I feel my heart is aching
Though it doesn't beat, it's breaking
And the pain here that I feel
Try and tell me it's not real
I know that I am dead
Yet it seems that I still have some tears to shed