The Cure Songs - Boys Don't Cry Lyrics

The Cure - Boys Don't Cry

The Cure - Boys Don't Cry Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Boys Don't Cry
Released: 1980

Boys Don't Cry Lyrics

I would say I'm sorry
If I thought that it would change your mind
But I know that this time
I have said too much
Been too unkind

I try to laugh about it
Cover it all up with lies
I try and laugh about it
Hiding the tears in my eyes
Because Boys Don't Cry
Boys don't cry

I would break down at your feet
And beg forgiveness
Plead with you
But I know that it's too late
And now there's nothing I can do

So I try to laugh about it
Cover it all up with lies
I try to laugh about it
Hiding the tears in my eyes
Because boys don't cry

I would tell you
That I loved you
If I thought that you would stay
But I know that it's no use
That you've already
Gone away

Misjudged your limit
Pushed you too far
Took you for granted
I thought that you needed me more

Now I would do most anything
To get you back by my side
But I just keep on laughing
Hiding the tears in my eyes
Because boys don't cry
Boys don't cry
Boys don't cry

Writer/s: SHEERAN, ED / WILLIAMS, TYLER / LEWIS, RYAN / HAGGERTY, BEN / KARP, JOSHUA / ARUNGA, OWUOR / RAWLINGS, JOSHUA
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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Boys Don't Cry

This is about maintaining the manly image and hiding your tears behind your eyes. Tough guys still sometimes don't get the girl.

Nathan Larson covered this in 1999, and his version was used as the title song of the film Boys Don't Cry, for which Hilary Swank won the 1999 Oscar for Best Actress. Larson is the husband of Nina Persson , the lead singer of the Swedish pop group The Cardigans.

"Boys Don't Cry" was The Cure's second ever single release in June 1979 and it wasn't a hit at the time. In 1986 a new version was released as a single in which the original track was remixed and the vocals re-recorded. This time it reached #22 in the UK charts.

Oleander recorded this for their album February Son and released their version as a single. Reel Big Fish often plays the song in concert, and Razorlight performed this at The Cure's "MTV Icon" ceremony in 2004.

The track also provided the title for British Children's laureate Malorie Blackman's 2011 young adult novel. The book tackles issues of masculinity and teenage fatherhood.