Song

I'll Cry Instead

Release date: 10 July 1964

I've got ev'ry reason on earth to be mad,
'cause I've just lost the only girl I had.
And if I could get my way,
I'd get myself locked up today,
But I can't, so I'll 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'll 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 hey,
But I'll come back again some day.

And when I do, you better hide all the girls,
I'm gonna break their hearts all 'round the world.
Yes, I'm gonna break 'em in two,
And show you what your lovin' man can do,
Until then I'll 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 hey,
But I'll come back again some day.

And when I do, you better hide all the girls,
'Cause I'm gonna break their hearts all 'round the world.
Yes, I'm gonna break 'em in two,
And show you what your lovin' man can do,
Until then I'll cry instead.

"I'll Cry Instead"
Song by the Beatles from the album A Hard Day's Night
Released 10 July 1964
Recorded 1 June 1964,
EMI Studios, London
Genre Folk rock, country
Length 1:49
Label Parlophone
Writer Lennon-McCartney
Producer George Martin
"I'll Cry Instead"
Single by The Beatles
from the album A Hard Day's Night
B-side "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You"
Released 20 August 1964
Format 7"
Recorded 1 June 1964,
EMI Studios, London
Genre Folk rock, country
Length 2:09
Label Capitol (US)
Writer(s) Lennon-McCartney
Producer George Martin
The Beatles singles chronology
"And I Love Her" /
"If I Fell"
(US-1964)
"I'll Cry Instead" /
"I'm Happy Just to Dance with You"
(US-1964)
"Matchbox" /
"Slow Down"
(US-1964)
A Hard Day's Night track listing
13 tracks
Side one
  1. "A Hard Day's Night"
  2. "I Should Have Known Better"
  3. "If I Fell"
  4. "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You"
  5. "And I Love Her"
  6. "Tell Me Why"
  7. "Can't Buy Me Love"
Side two
  1. "Any Time at All"
  2. "I'll Cry Instead"
  3. "Things We Said Today"
  4. "When I Get Home"
  5. "You Can't Do That"
  6. "I'll Be Back"

"I'll Cry Instead" is a John Lennon composition credited to Lennon-McCartney, and recorded by the Beatles for the soundtrack to their film A Hard Day's Night.

©1964 Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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