Etta James: All I Could Do Was Cry | Song-Factsheet

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Song «All I Could Do Was Cry» von Etta James.

Fakten

Veröffentlichungsdaten: 1960 06 (Single), 1960 11 15 (Album)
Label: Argo 5359, Argo LP 4003
Songwriter Billy Davis & Gwen Fuqua & Berry Gordy
Produktion: Leonard Chess & Phil Chess
Genre: Afroamericana - Soul - Chicagosoul

Annotationen

Superdramatischer Song – Greil Marcus betont, das der Song nur seine ersten zwei Worte braucht, um das Drama und die Verzweiflung klar zu machen (The History Of Rock 'n' Roll In Ten Songs, p. 86f.).

Personen und Querverweise


Etta James
Billy Davis
Gwen Fuqua
Berry Gordy
Leonard Chess
Phil Chess

Lyrics

I heard church bells ringing, I heard a choir singing. I saw my love walk down the aisle. On her finger, he placed a ring, oh, oh. I saw them holding hands She was standing there with my man. I heard them promise 'til death do us part. Each word was a pain in my heart. Oh. All I could do, all I could do was cry. All I could do was cry. I was losing the man that I loved, and all I could do was cry. And now the wedding is over, rice has been thrown over their heads. For them, life has just begun but mine is at an end Oh. All I could do, all I could do was cry. All I could do was cry. I was losing the man that I loved, And all I could do was cry.