The Cure - Boys Don't Cry Lyrics

The Cure Lyrics

"Boys Don't Cry"

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 to laugh about it
Hiding the tears in my eyes
'Cause 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
'Cause boys don't cry
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 limits
Pushed you too far
Took you for granted
I thought that you needed me more, more, 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
'Cause boys don't cry
Boys don't cry
Boys don't cry

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Thanks to Raúl Sala, millarson, Ben for correcting these lyrics.

Writer(s): Robert James Smith, Michael Stephen Dempsey, Laurence Andrew Tolhurst

"Boys Don't Cry" was first released in UK as a stand-alone single on June 15th, 1979.

The song tells the story of a man who has given up trying to regain the love that he has lost, and tries to disguise his true emotional state.

Robert Smith referred to the single as "an attempt at a '60s pop song."

"Boys Don't Cry" was re-released in 1986, and peaked at No. 22 on the UK singles chart.