TEACH ME HOW TO CRY
Phil Tuminello

as rec by Ella Fitzgerald w Paul Weston & his Orch  
March 19th 1958 Hollywood


I wanna cry because I'm blue,
But I can't cry like others do!
I'd feel much better and I'd try,
Somebody teach me how to cry.

I've been in love a time or two,
to lose a love is nothing new,
But every time my tears are dry;
Won't someone teach me how to cry?

It may be that I'm too young
To know the meaning of the blues;
If I could throw away the pride
That's hidden deep inside,
The tears in my heart I could lose.

I wish someone would come along
And make my life a happy song.
I'd weep and tell the blues goodbye,
Somebody teach me how to cry.

It may be that I'm too young
To know the meaning of the blues;
If I could throw away the pride
That's hidden deep inside,
The tears in my heart I could lose.

I wish someone would come along
And make my life a happy song.
I'd weep and tell the blues goodbye,
Somebody teach me how to cry.





(Contributed by Peter Akers - November 2009)