
Date of issue: 31.12.1996
Record label: Polydor Ltd. (UK)
Song language: English
Cry If You Want |
Once it was just innocence |
Brash ideas and insolence |
But you will never get away |
With the things you say today |
But you can cry if you want |
Don’t you get embarrassed when you read the precious things you said |
Many many years ago when life appeared rosy red |
No one ever shared your bed |
Nothing ever filled your head |
Except yourself and little Ted |
And scary dreams that you were dead. |
Don’t you want to hide your face |
When going through your teenage books |
And read the kind of crap you wrote |
About «Ban the Bomb"and city crooks |
Think about how long it took |
To get over that sudden «Yuk» |
When in the mirror you would look |
Well now my son you’re well in stook |
Cry if you want |
Cry if you want |
Didn’t you writhe in anger when you saw the man in his big car |
Didn’t you drive a banger and a gallon didn’t get you far |
Should have been a famous star |
But that ain’t what you really are |
You could shout your last hurrah |
While they are propping up the bar |
Maybe things were better then |
Before you led a promised life |
Rash commitments and heavy raps and left wing spiel all compromised |
You fall in love with other’s wives |
Drive 'em nuts with empty lies |
Angry 'cos you lost the prize |
Forgot the color of their eyes |
Cry if you want |
Cry if you want |
Let your tears flow |
Let your past go |
Don’t you get embarrassed when you think about the way you were |
Yesterday the day before when you were young with much to learn |
Aren’t you glad it’s your last term |
No more acting lowly worm |
You can make the suckers squirm |
When you tell them how much you earn |
Don’t you feel ashamed at all the bitterness you keep inside |
Does your ego save your face «I had a go — I really tried» |
Now you know your leaders lied |
Does it stop you acting snide |
Or are you still a boy that cried |
Tears now surely long since dried |
Cry if you want |
Cry if you want |
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