# Songs with titles relating to crying **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 28, 2006, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527 "2006-02-28T21:54:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527/1 "2006-02-28T21:54:46Z")
Hey, I’m looking for songs that have titles that are somehow related to crying. Examples off the top of my head: 96 Tears - ? and the Mysterians Tears on My Pillow - Little Anthony and the Imperials While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Beatles Cry - Godley and Creme (I think) There’s a Tear in My Beer - Hank Williams Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527/2 "2006-02-28T21:59:03Z")
All Cried Out - Allure Misty - Johnny Mathis Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton I’m sure I can come up with some more. Russell ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527/3 "2006-02-28T22:03:04Z")
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry–Hank Williams Should I Laugh or Cry–ABBA Big Girls Don’t Cry–The Four Seasons Don’t Cry for Me Argentina–Evita ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527/4 "2006-02-28T22:03:39Z")
Crying - **Roy Orbison** Crying - **the Sugarcult** Crying - **Aerosmith** Crying - **Bjork** Crying - **Glen Campbell** Crying - **Vonda Shepard** Crying - **k.d. lang** Crying - **Carrie Underwood** Crying - **Don Mclean** Crying - **Ella Fitzgerald** Hmm… there may be others. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Meltdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Meltdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meltdown)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527/5 "2006-02-28T22:18:20Z")
Tears of a Clown – Smokey Robinson ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527/6 "2006-02-28T22:20:07Z")
“A Lap Dance is Always Better When the Stripper is Crying” by the Bloodhound Gang. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527/7 "2006-02-28T22:26:48Z")
“Black Eyes, Blue Tears” by Shania Twain “Cry” by Faith Hill “Who’s Crying Now” by Journey ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527/8 "2006-02-28T22:29:22Z")
“The Sky is Crying” - Elmore James/Morgan Robinson/Clarence Lewis, since covered by almost everybody who ever played the blues ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527/9 "2006-02-28T22:35:12Z")
I’ve Got Tears in My Ears from Lyin’ on My Back in My Bed While I Cry Over You ---
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527/10 "2006-02-28T22:45:03Z")
**Biffy** …for real??? Thanks guys, these are excellent, keep 'em coming. ---
**Author:** ![mikeargo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@mikeargo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikeargo)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527/11 "2006-02-28T22:57:20Z")
_The Little White Cloud That Cried_ by Johnny Ray ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527/12 "2006-02-28T23:00:32Z")
Cry Cry Cry - Johnny Cash Cry One More Time - Gram Parsons Deeper Than Crying - Allison Krauss and Union Station Ain’t No Good to Cry - Allman Brothers It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry - Bob Dylan No Woman No Cry - Bob Marley You Don’t Have to Cry - Crosby Stills and Nash It Only Hurts When I Cry - Dwight Yoakam Why Are You Crying - Flying Burrito Brothers Cry Baby - Janis Joplin Cry Love - John Hiatt Reason to Cry - Lucinda Williams Cryin’ Drunk - Old 97’s Cry Like an Angel - Shawn Colvin Blue Eyes Cryin’ in the Rain - Willie Nelson Pyramid of Tears - Alejandro Escovedo Tears of Rage - the Band Lonesome Tears - Beck Dry My Tears and Move On - Richard Thompson Big Tears - Elvis Costello All My Tears - Emmylou Harris Thistledown Tears - Jeffrey Foucault ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527/13 "2006-02-28T23:06:02Z")
“Tear in Your Hand” - Tori Amos “Tears of a Clown” - Smokey Robinson ---
**Author:** ![LiveOnAPlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527/14 "2006-03-01T01:26:56Z")
> [@CapnPitt](#): > > **Biffy** …for real??? > > Thanks guys, these are excellent, keep 'em coming. It is definitely for real. It was done by Harold Barlow. [See here](http://mywebpages.comcast.net/42558/dadlyrics.htm) for the lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527/15 "2006-03-01T01:36:41Z")
Not about crying per se, but **Covenant** “Like Tears in Rain”. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527/16 "2006-03-01T01:52:06Z")
Jackie Wilson - Lonely Teardrops Max Webster - Cry Out Your Life Dee Clark - Raindrops (about crying - “it must be raindrops falling from my eyes…'cause a man ain’t supposed to cry…”) ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527/17 "2006-03-01T02:04:43Z")
“Salty Coffee” by the Usuals, a wonderful and much-missed ska band from Gainesville, Florida. The girl singer is recounting a lost love, and crying over her cup of coffee, hence the name. ---
**Author:** ![buns3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@buns3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buns3000)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527/18 "2006-03-01T02:19:22Z")
Aerosmith had “You See Me Crying” as well as “Crying”. ---
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527/19 "2006-03-01T02:48:32Z")
> [@fishbicycle](#): > > Jackie Wilson - Lonely Teardrops How, how, how did this one not occur to me? Man is that a great song. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527/20 "2006-03-01T03:05:24Z")
The Buck Owens classic, “Crying Time.” Done by everyone from Ray Charles to Roy Orbison to Faron Young to Brenda Lee to Commander Cody! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-titles-relating-to-crying/346527.md?page=2)