Mad Dogs & Englishmen
Album - 1970 - Debaser id 829800

Now you say that you’re lonely
Hate to being so untrue

I want you to cry (Cry me a river)
Want you cry (Cry me a river)
All over me (Cry me a river)
I want you to cry (Cry me a river)
Yeah, over me (Cry me a river)
Hey, yeah, cry (Cry me a river)
Yeah I cried a river over you

Now you say that you're sorry
Oh, for bein' so unkind

I want you to cry (Cry me a river)
Cry for me (Cry me a river)
Oh! (Cry me a river)
Over me (Cry me a river)
Want you to cry (Cry me a river)
Right on me, yeah (Cry me a river)
Oh, I cried a river over you

You drove me nearly drove me out of my head
Never shed a tear
Remember, I remember all that you said
Told me love was too plebeian
You were through with me

(Cry me a river)
Oh yeah (Cry me a river)
Want you to cry (Cry me a river)
Oh yeah (Cry me a river)
Oh, cry (Cry me a river)
Cry me a river (Cry me a river)
Oh, I cried a river over you

Now you say you love me
Well, just to prove you do

You drove me nearly drove me out of my head
Oooh, never shed a tear
Remember, I remember all that you said
Told me love was too plebeian
You were through with me

(Cry me a river)
Yes (Cry me a river)
I want you to cry (Cry me a river)
Cry me a river (Cry me a river)
Ah (Cry me a river)
Cry me (Cry me a river)
Oh, I cried a river over you

Yeah, I cried a river over you
(I cried a river over you)
Over you (I cried a river over you)
Over you (I cried a river over you)
Ah!

(I cried a river over you)
Let me (I cried a river over you)
(I cried a river over you)
Cry me a river (I cried a river over you)
Over the mountain (I cried a river over you)
(I cried a river over you)
Let me (I cried a river over you)
Let me cry a river over you (One, two, three, four)

(Cry me a river, cry me a river)
(Cry me a river, cry me a river)
Yeah (Cry me a river, cry me a river)
(Cry) Cry a river over you

Like a bird on the wire,
like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free.
Like a worm on a hook,
like a knight from some old fashioned book
I have saved all my ribbons for thee.
If I, if I have been unkind,
I hope that you can just let it go by.
If I, if I have been untrue
I hope you know it was never to you.

Like a baby, stillborn,
like a beast with his horn
I have torn everyone who reached out for me.
But I swear by this song
and by all that I have done wrong
I will make it all up to thee.
I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch,
he said to me, "You must not ask for so much."
And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door,
she cried to me, "Hey, why not ask for more?"

Oh like a bird on the wire,
like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free.

(Bramlett/Russell)

Long ago, and, oh, so far away
I fell in love with you before the second show.
Your guitar, it sounds so sweet and clear, but you're not really here.
It's just the radio.

Don't you remember you told me you loved me baby?
You said you'd be coming back this way again baby.
Baby, baby, baby, baby, oh, baby.
I love you, I really do.

Loneliness is such a sad affair, and I can hardly wait to be with you again.
What to say, to make you come again?
Come back to me again, and play your sad guitar.