I CRY BY NIGHT
(Marvin Fisher / Jack Segal)

as recorded by Kay Starr
1962


Oh I laugh by day
And I cry by night,
I pretend
To each friend
That my world is alright.

They know you're gone
And they see how I feel inside,
But they're kind,
So they're blind
To the hurt I can't hide.

Yes I laugh by day
When people are near,
'Cause what else, what else am I to do?
But I cry by night,
All alone with my tears, 
For the want and the need of you.

Till you're back in my arms,
Nothing's good, nothing's right,
I may laugh by day,
But I'll cry, oh I'll cry by night!
I may laugh by day,
But I'll cry, oh how I'll cry by night!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - January 2016)