Lyrics to
Cry Me A River

This version of Cry Me A River was released by Joe Cocker in 1970.

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I keep on runnin’ baby
I keep on runnin’
But I just can’t hide
No, I just can’t hide
I keep on hurtin’ baby
I keep on hurtin’ so deep inside
So deep inside

Lord I need your smile
Child like the one I once knew
Made my grass green
And my blue skies blue
Lord was time when 2 was 1
Tell me now girl
Where’ve all the good times gone

Cry me a river
Wash my blues all away
Cry me a river
Girl you is my riverboat
Take me away
Is reachin’ out my hand
Won’t ya please help me to my feet once again
Tears fallin’ like rain
Lord it’s a time
When everybody needs a friend
Girl where’ve you been

Lord I need your smile
Child like the one I once knew
Made my grass green
And my blue skies blue
Lord was a time when 2 was 1
Where’ve all the good times gone

Cry me a river
Wash my blues all away
Cry me a river
Girl you is my riverboat
Take me away

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About Lyrics and Cry Me A River by Joe Cocker

The lyrics to Cry Me A River are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Joe Cocker used when the song was created in 1970. The lyrics to Cry Me A River have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Joe Cocker and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Cry Me A River by Joe Cocker. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Cry Me A River" means the words set to the music of Cry Me A River, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Joe Cocker. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Cry Me A River and the lyrics to Cry Me A River are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Joe Cocker who came here looking just for the lyrics to Cry Me A River, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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