I'll Cry Instead Lyrics



Lennon/McCartney


I've got every reason on earth to be mad, 'cause I've just
Lost the only girl I had. If I could get my way, I'd get
Myself locked up today, but I can't so I cry instead.
I've got a chip on my shoulder that's bigger than my feet, I
Can't talk to people that I meet. If I could see you now,
I'd try to make you sad somehow, but I can't so I cry instead.
Don't want to cry when there's people there, I get shy when
They start to stare, I'm gonna hide myself away, ay hay;
But I'll come back again someday.
And when I do you'd better hide all the girls, I'm gonna
Break their hearts all 'round the world. Yes, I'm gonna
Break them in two, and show you what your loving man can
Do, until then I'll cry instead.

 
Lead Singer: John/Paul

Recording: 6/1/64
Mixing: 6/4/64, 6/22/64
Length: 1:44
Take: 6 and 8

Anomalies

0:04 to 1:40
Constant click click click, not in time with the rhythm (every 0.62 sec) This is reported as Ringo's cymbal, but I can only hear the click - maybe the cymbal was mixed down? It leads by about 1/32 of a bar ahead of where the beat is "expected". * NEW * Also suggested as a metronome.
0:48
Double tracking error "I'm gonna lock myself" vs "I'm Gonna hide myself"
1:09
Edit, and rhythm guitar drops out in mid strum.
 
The Beatles recorded this in 2 sections that were then edited together.
There is an extra verse on US album version.
Joe Cocker covered this. He had a #1 hit with his version of The Beatles "A Little Help From My Friends" 4 years later.


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