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When susannah cries Lyrics
Chorus
When Susannah cries
she cries a rainstorm
she cries a river
she cries a hole in the ground
She cries for love
she cries a sad song
she cries a shiver
sometimes she cries for me too
And I say I'll never hurt her
but she knows it isn't true
'cos although I never told her
I think she knows bout me and you
now she cries with silent tension
this can't be right
and the downtown special cries along
'cos I'm leaving tonight
Chorus
Now I slip the night around her
and I hope she'll be okay
I just pray someone will find her
and guide her along her way
'cos I'm leaving on the 1 am
by soon I'm out of sight
but she'll always be my baby
though I'm leaving tonight
Every night I hear her
talking in her sleep
she says «You know I'll always be there»
and I feel like such a creep
please take back the love she gave to me
and in time her grief will pass
just tell her that I loved her
now it's all she has
when susannah cries
When Susannah cries
she cries a rainstorm
she cries a river
she cries a hole in the ground
she cries a sad song
she cries a shiver
sometimes she cries for me too
but she knows it isn't true
'cos although I never told her
I think she knows bout me and you
now she cries with silent tension
this can't be right
and the downtown special cries along
'cos I'm leaving tonight
and I hope she'll be okay
I just pray someone will find her
and guide her along her way
'cos I'm leaving on the 1 am
by soon I'm out of sight
but she'll always be my baby
though I'm leaving tonight
talking in her sleep
she says «You know I'll always be there»
and I feel like such a creep
please take back the love she gave to me
and in time her grief will pass
just tell her that I loved her
now it's all she has
when susannah cries
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Such a heart-breaking song, especially if you're looking at it from the female perspective. To me, it's about a break up that isn't mutual. He is leaving his girlfriend, whom he once loved and who still loves him, to be with another person ('I think she knows bout me and you'). She is devastated, hopeless (she cries a hole in the ground). He is feeling bad, too ("this can't be right", "and I feel like such a creep") about the pain he is causing, but he is determined that he is leaving. ("'cos I'm leaving on the 1 am, by soon I'm out of sight")
It's interesting that he says "she knows about me and YOU", as if the song is sung to his new love. So maybe the song is also about making his new love realize how much pain he had to cause in order for them to be together, and how difficult it is getting over the guilt.
Or maybe it's about how although we tent to think how love lasts forever, it does not.
I hate and love this song at the same time. Very few other songs have such a huge effect on me like this one, it does make me feel really sad.
The song explains itself. But more than that, i am surprised no one comments on this guy's music. He has a pretty damn good voice and some of his songs are just excellent. Beautifully written and full of emotion in them.
Great song. Don't know much about his other songs but this one really got me.
this was written for my friend susannah. she cries herself to sleep listening to this.
My sister interpreted this song as him talking to his lover, but the first time i heard this song, I interpreted as him talking to death, as him knowing that he would die very soon and being worried with his love...