THE CURE - BOYS DON'T CRY

BOYS DON'T CRY

THE CURE

SONGWRITERS: LAURENCE ANDREW TOLHURST; MICHAEL STEPHEN DEMPSEY & ROBERT JAMES SMITH

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: BOYS DON’T CRY

LABEL: FICTION RECORDS

GENRE: NEW WAVE

YEAR: 1980

 

          The Cure are an English rock band formed in 1978 in Crawley, West Sussex. Throughout numerous lineup changes since the band's formation, guitarist, lead vocalist, and songwriter Robert Smith has remained the only constant member. The band's debut album, Three Imaginary Boys(1979), along with several early singles, placed the band in the post-punk and new wave movements that had sprung up in the United Kingdom. Beginning with their second album, Seventeen Seconds(1980), the band adopted a new, increasingly dark and tormented style, which, together with Smith's stage look, had a strong influence on the emerging genre of gothic rock as well as the subculture that eventually formed around the genre.

        After the release of the band's fourth album, Pornography(1982), Smith introduced a greater pop sensibility into the band's music. Songs such as "Let's Go to Bed"(1982), "The Love Cats"(1983), "Inbetween Days" (1985), "Close to Me"(1985), "Just Like Heaven" (1987), "Lovesong"(1989), and "Friday I'm in Love"(1992) aided them in receiving commercial popularity. The Cure have released 13 studio albums, two EPs, over 30 singles, and have sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Their most recent album, 4:13 Dream, was released in 2008. The Cure were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019.

       Boys Don't Cry is The Cure's first compilation album. Released in February 1980, this album is composed of several tracks from the band's May 1979 debut album Three Imaginary Boys(which had yet to see a U.S. release) with material from the band's 1978–1979 era.

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 tried to laugh about it

Cover it all up with lies

I tried 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

And you've already gone away

 

Misjudged your limits

Pushed you too far

Took you for granted

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.