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Cindy's CryingWords and Music by Tom PaxtonCindy's cryin' but it ain't no use - Police stopped her on the street today, Now Cindy loves me but she has to go, Cindy, Cindy, whatcha gonna do? Now Cindy went South and took the cure, [Repeat First Verse] |
Tim R. writes and points out some variations in the lyrics as recorded on The Complete Tom Paxton versus the lyrics shown on this page: I don’t know if you want to note possible variations between albums, but on The Complete Tom Paxton the lyrics to Cindy’s Crying are a bit different than the lyrics at http://www.mydfz.com/Paxton/lyrics/cc.htm.(deletions, additions) In the third verse, instead of In the next verse, “We can make it but we better start tryin'.” The repeat of the first verse is done with a variation to that same line, I don't ordinarily indicate minor variations in lyrics however I suppose it's good to do it now and again to remind people that such things exist. There is no one "correct version" because even the author changes things around from time to time. Enjoy! June 21, 2014 - Here are some more variations and I've added another verse to the main lyrics from the version on Paxton's Morning Again/Outward Bound album. Honey can't you see I'm cryin' Honey can't you see I'm cryin' Note that the final verse may also have one of these three line bits at the end or it may cut off as shown and go back to the first verse. In some versions "The man is leavin'" instead of "The man is restless" Finally, I'd like to mention that The Mitchell Trio has a beautiful, lyrical version of the song on their "Alive" and "Violets of Dawn" albums. In their lead in, they mention that the inspiration for the song came from a TV show about drug addiction and point out how their friend, "Tommy Paxton", was moved to write, not about the suffering of dope addicts themselves, but about the sufferings of those who love them. |