All the summer days
Where we used to play
Walking hand in hand
Castles in the sand

So you said "Goodnight"
But you meant "Goodbye"
Now our love has died
This is why I cry, cry

From the madding crowd
Pointing up at clouds
Summer turned to fall
Pictures on the wall

So you said "Goodnight"
But you meant "Goodbye"
Now our love has died
This is why I cry, cry

So you said "Goodnight"
But you meant "Goodbye"
Now our love has died
This is why I cry, cry


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Why I Cry Lyrics as written by Stephin Raymond Merritt

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    no comments!?> this song is AMAZING. reminds me of the adventures of pete and pete, as this aired during the credits of the episode farewell my little viking.

    matt0009on March 20, 2006   Link
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    Beautiful song. Makes me wanna cry. lol. I miss pete&pete more and more when i hear this!!! :c

    Jupiter Girlon May 26, 2006   Link
  • +1
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    yeah, "the flowers she sent and the flowers she said she sent" is in "what we did on our summer vacation" and "lovers from the moon" is in "valentine's day massacre".

    HyperGlitteron June 18, 2006   Link
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    pretty straightforward song about remembering a relationship and missing the person you were with and what you shared with them. so sad and beautiful.

    alto for lifeon September 14, 2006   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    I thought the first two lines of the chorus went:

    "so you said good-bye, But you meant good lie"

    Somehow that stuck me harder. But his lines are amazing of course, as always.

    Vandimaron November 02, 2008   Link
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    what's pete and pete again?

    hab204on July 17, 2006   Link

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