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"Love and Theft" · 2001

Cry a While

A blues near the end of "Love and Theft" that switches between a slow, swaggering pace and a fast, driving shuffle.

The words

A man who once wept over a woman now tells her it is her turn to suffer.

A man who was hurt in love turns the tables, telling the woman who treated him badly that now she will be the one crying. The verses are full of sardonic asides and tough talk. The song alternates between a slow, menacing blues and sudden bursts of a fast shuffle, giving it a lurching, unpredictable energy.

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The words

A man who once wept over a woman now tells her it is her turn to suffer.

A man who was hurt in love turns the tables, telling the woman who treated him badly that now she will be the one crying. The verses are full of sardonic asides and tough talk. The song alternates between a slow, menacing blues and sudden bursts of a fast shuffle, giving it a lurching, unpredictable energy.

Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗

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