I'll Cry Instead

A song by Lennon & McCartney

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I 've got ev'ry reason on earth to be mad

' Cause I 've just lost the only girl I had

If I could get my way

I 'd get myself locked up today but I can't

So I 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 say it somehow but I can't

So I 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 ay-hay

But I 'll come back again someday

And when I do you 'd better hide all the girls

I 'm gonna break their hearts all ' round the world

Yes I 'm gonna break them in two

And show you what your lovin ' man can until then

I 'll cry instead.