Beatles songs, I'll Cry Instead

I'll Cry Instead

(John Lennon – John Lennon and Paul McCartney)

Albums in which the song is present

   1964 - Something New
   1964 - A Hard Day's Night
   1964 - A Hard Day's Night: Extracts from the Album

JOHN 1980: 'I wrote that for 'A Hard Day's Night,' but Dick Lester didn't even want it.
He resurrected 'Can't Buy Me Love' for that sequence instead.
I like the middle-eight to that song, though that's about all I can say about it.'

I've got every reason on earth to be mad
Cos I've just lost the only girl I had
And if I could get my way
I'd get myself locked up today
But I can't so I cry instead

I've got a chip on my shoulder that's bigger than my feet
I can't talk to people that I meet
And if I could see you now
I'd try to make you sad somehow
But I can't so I cry instead

Don't want to cry when there's people there
I get shy when they start to stare
I'm gonna hide myself away, ay hay
But I'll come back again someday

And when I do you'd better hide all the girls
I'm gonna break their hearts all 'round the world
Yes, I'm gonna break them in two
And show you what your loving man can do
Until then I'll cry instead

Don't want to cry when there's people there
I get shy when they start to stare
I'm gonna hide myself away, ay hay
But I'll come back again someday

And when I do you'd better hide all the girls
Cos I'm gonna break their hearts all 'round the world
Yes, I'm gonna break them in two
And show you what your loving man can do
Until then I'll cry instead