Aerosmith

Cry Me A River

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Now you say you're lonely
You cried the whole night through
Well you can cry me a river, cry me a river
I cried a river over you

Now you say you're sorry
For being so untrue
Well you can cry me a river, cry me a river
I cried a river over you

You drove me in and drove me out of my head
While you never shed a tear
Remember, I remember all that you said
You told me love was to come in
This moment you was, you were...you were

Now you say you love me
Well, just to prove you do
Come on and cry me a river, cry me a river
I cried a river over you
I cried a river over you
I cried a river over...
(yah yah, yeah, yah yah, yeah...)

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oofus On May 17, 2001

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2001-05-17 23:14:14

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by sweet_emotion87

20y ago

pretty much, someone was untrue, wants the other back, but the other doesnt want them anymore...

i dunno.. i suck at interpreting...

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by rockerpoet

19y ago

Aerosmith sings a song called Cry Me A River? Maybe that's where JT got the inspiration, he is a big Aerosmith fan, or so i've heard!

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by mr.mojorising

18y ago

this was originally a song by sam cooke...

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by artgirl2012

16y ago

No, this is a Julie London song. Nobody in Aerosmith wrote this song. Walk This Way (their autobiography) says "They confronted me, and all I could do was yell at them: OH YEAH? WELL, WHY DON'T YOU FUCKIN' WRITE THE LYRICS THEN??? I didn't know what else to say because it was so hard and I was drowning in tears of frustration every day. At the end of the album, we covered Julie London's 'Cry Me a River' because I ran out of lyrics."-Steven Tyler

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