Lyrics to
Don’t Cry Now

This version of Don’T Cry Now was released by Linda Ronstadt in 1973.

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If you’ve ever been taken for money
If you’ve ever gone down with your pride
If you’ve ever stood up for a good friend and lost
You know that the river is wide

Like a painter who waits for the sunrise
With a picture in both of his hands
It’s like part of your life is already begun
With something that you don’t understand

But don’t cry now
Oh don’t cry now
Don’t cry now
No don’t cry now

When you’re lying alone in the night time
And your loneliness turns into fear
With the words of your memory failing and falling
You’re drowning in a river of tears

But don’t cry now
Ooh don’t cry now

If you’ve ever thought much about freedom
You might find yourself caught in some door
With somebody you love more than (incomprehensible to my ears)
And you’ve been weeping but you don’t know what for

But don’t cry now
Oh don’t cry now
Don’t cry now
Ooh don’t cry now
Don’t cry now
Woah don’t cry now

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Linda Ronstadt has released many songs over the years besides Don’T Cry Now. Linda Ronstadt released songs from 1969 to 2004 spanning across albums like Hand Sown... Home Grown, Silk Purse, Linda Ronstadt, Don't Cry Now, Heart Like A Wheel, Prisoner In Disguise, Hasten Down The Wind, Simple Dreams, Living In The USA, Mad Love, Get Closer, What's New, Lush Life, For Sentimental Reasons, Canciones De Mi Padre, Cry Like A Rainstorm, Howl Like The Wind, Mas Canciones, Frenesi, Winter Light, Feels Like Home, Dedicated To The One I Love, We Ran, and Hummin' To Myself. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Linda Ronstadt.

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About Lyrics and Don’T Cry Now by Linda Ronstadt

The lyrics for Don’T Cry Now are defined as the words making up the song released by Linda Ronstadt in 1973. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Don’T Cry Now have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Linda Ronstadt and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Don’T Cry Now by Linda Ronstadt if you think through it. 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 Don’T Cry Now" means the words set to the music of Don’T Cry Now, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Linda Ronstadt. 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 Don’T Cry Now and the lyrics to Don’T Cry Now are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Linda Ronstadt who came here looking just for the lyrics to Don’T Cry Now, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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