Story Behind The Song
I wrote this song thinking back to when I was a young boy and I saw my alcoholic grandfather come home drunk most every night and menace my grandmother and my brother & I with violent outburst usually followed by him crying in the morning only to repeat the behavior again and again.
Song Description
written for the epidemic of wife battering in the world and the psychological hold it can have on a financially and emotionally dependent
woman.
| Song Length |
3:53 |
Genre |
Pop - Rock, Rock - Easy Listening |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Moving, Moving |
Subject |
Crying, Regret |
| Similar Artists |
The Eagles, Jackson Browne |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1990 - 1999 |
| |
Lyrics
BELIEVE HER WHEN SHE CRIES ( C ) 2013 BY TONY SCHEUERMAN
BELIEVE HER WHEN SHE CRIES
BELIEVE HER WHEN SHE CRIES
HE DRINKS TO REMEMBER
SOMETIMES JUST TO FORGET
AN ORDINARY LIFE CONSUMED BY DEBT
HE'S SHORT ON UNDERSTANDING
AND STAYS OUT LATE MORE THAN HE SHOULD
HE LIKES TO SAY HE'S DONE THE BEST HE COULD
SHE SPENDS HER DAYS RECOUNTING
ALL THE GOOD TIMES OF HER LIFE
LONG BEFORE SHE BECAME HIS WIFE
SHE SWEARS THAT SHE CAN CHANGE HIM
SHE BELIEVES HE CAN BE CURED
BUT NO ONE KNOWS THE PAIN SHE HAS ENDURED
SO BELIEVE HER WHEN SHE CRIES
BELIEVE HER WHEN SHE CRIES
SHE'S COVERED IT WITH LIES
BELIEVE HER WHEN SHE CRIES
INSTRUMENTAL
ANOTHER MORNING AFTER
ANOTHER CHANCE TO GET AWAY
WHEN NIGHTIME FALLS WITH HIM SHE'S BOUND TO STAY
SEE THE CHILDREN RUNNING
AS DADDY'S KEYS FIT IN THE DOOR
BY NOW THEY KNOW WHAT ALL HER CRYIN'S FOR
SO BELIEVE HER WHEN SHE CRIES / BELIEVE HER WHEN SHE CRIES
SHE'S COVERED IT WITH LIES / BELIEVE HER WHEN SHE CRIES
IT'S AMAZING WHAT SHE HIDES / SHE'S GOT A SECRET WE ALL KNOW
SHE'S TRIED HER BEST TO HIDE IT / BUT SHE FEELS HER HANDS ARE TIED
BELIEVE HER WHEN SHE'S CRYING / BEHIND THE SMILE SHE HURTS INSIDE
REPEAT CHORUS TO FADE