Lyrics to
I Ain’t Gonna Cry Tonight

This version of I Ain’T Gonna Cry Tonight was released by Barbra Streisand in 1979.

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I’m starting to walk, and I’m learning to run
I’m seeing my friends and I’m having some fun
And the heartache and pain, like the thunder and rain
Have all disappeared
Cause I’m not gonna cry my eyes out anymore
There’s a brand new world just waiting outside my door
I ain’t gonna cry tonight
Not while the music feels so good
You’ve got your friends and I’ll get mine
We’re out and have a real good time
I’m changing my style with a positive grin
And this feeling of joy comes from within
And the heartache and pain
Like the thunder and rain
Have all disappeared
Cause I’m not gonna cry my eyes out anymore
There’s a brand new world just waiting outside my door
I ain’t gonna cry tonight
Not while the music feels so good
You’ve got your friends and I be fine
We’re out and have a real good time
And the heartache and pain
And the thunder and rain
Have all disappeared
And I’m not gonna cry my heart out anymore
I ain’t gonna cry tonight
Gonna have a party
I ain’t gonna cry tonight
I ain’t gonna cry tonight
Not while the music feels so good
You’ve got your friends and I get mine
We’re out and have a real good …
I ain’t gonna cry tonight
Not while the music feels so good
I ain’t gonna cry tonight
I ain’t gonna cry tonight
Learning to walk learning to run
Seeing my friends and having some fun.

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When you decide to study the lyrics to I Ain’T Gonna Cry Tonight, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1979 song by Barbra Streisand. Some of the lyrics to I Ain’T Gonna Cry Tonight have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Barbra Streisand and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to I Ain’T Gonna Cry Tonight if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 I Ain’T Gonna Cry Tonight" means the words set to the music of I Ain’T Gonna Cry Tonight, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Barbra Streisand. 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 I Ain’T Gonna Cry Tonight and the lyrics to I Ain’T Gonna Cry Tonight are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Barbra Streisand who came here looking just for the lyrics to I Ain’T Gonna Cry Tonight, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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