This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
Now you say you're lonely
You cry the whole night through
Well you can cry me a river
Cry me a river, I cried a river over you
And now you say you're sorry
For bein' so untrue
Well you can cry me a river
Cry me a river, 'cause I cried a river over you
You drove me nearly out of my head
While you never shed a tear babe
Remember, I remember all that you said
You told me love was too plebeian
You told me you were through with me
And now you say you love me
Well just to prove that you do
Why don't you cry me a river
Cry me a river, 'cause I cried a river over you, over you
You say you loved me, but you lied
Now you say you love me
Well just to prove that you do
Come on and cry me a river
Oh cry me a river
I cried a river over you
I cried a river over you, I cried a river
Now you can too, cry me a river
Cry me a river
You cry the whole night through
Well you can cry me a river
Cry me a river, I cried a river over you
And now you say you're sorry
For bein' so untrue
Well you can cry me a river
Cry me a river, 'cause I cried a river over you
You drove me nearly out of my head
While you never shed a tear babe
Remember, I remember all that you said
You told me love was too plebeian
You told me you were through with me
And now you say you love me
Well just to prove that you do
Why don't you cry me a river
Cry me a river, 'cause I cried a river over you, over you
You say you loved me, but you lied
Now you say you love me
Well just to prove that you do
Come on and cry me a river
Oh cry me a river
I cried a river over you
I cried a river over you, I cried a river
Now you can too, cry me a river
Cry me a river
Lyrics submitted by smitten4themitten
Cry Me a River Lyrics as written by Arthur Hamilton
Lyrics © Kanjian Music, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Why are there no comments on this song!? I love it - espcially the introduction. :D
this is a great, spurned love song, Bublé is really great at love songs =pI actually read that he wanted the intro 'Bond-like' because he wanted it to sound very cinematic and bombastic, it sounds great, but then all his songs do =p no real need to transliterate here, its pretty obvious
someone needs to fix these lyrics up, they're horrible!
I don't see why the lyrics are horrible?
I love how James Bond-ish his version is!