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Cry Like A BabyAretha Franklin

Songwriter: Jo Armstead Nick Ashford Valerie Simpson Ashford & Simpson

Producer: Clyde Otis

[Verse 1]
Nobody knows except my pillow at night
All through the day how many tears I have to fight
Oh, when I'm alone, yeah

[Chorus]
I just cry like a baby
Cry like a baby
Oh I cry
I cry
Oh yeah

[Verse 2]
Nobody sees except my mirror on the wall
I'm not the fairest I'm the bluest of them all
And, oh
When I'm alone, yeah

[Chorus]
I just cry like a baby
I cry like a baby
I cry
I cry
Oh yeah

[Bridge]
Each day I say, "Tomorrow will be my lucky day"
Ah ha yeah
And my pillow will be surprised when I come home with glad eyes
And the mirror on the wall will see that I am the happiest of them all

[Verse 3]
No more nights staring at daddy's chair
Because I know that you'll be standing there
Oh, when I'm alone, yeah, I won't

[Chorus]
Cry like a baby
Cry like a baby

[Outro]
Oh yeah
Said I won't cry
I won't cry like a baby
Woo-hoo, no
Oh oh yeah
I said that I won't cry

Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin is both a 20th and 21st century musical and cultural icon known simply by her first Aretha. She is the reigning and undisputed “Queen Of Soul” with a legacy that spans five decades. A native of Detroit, Michigan, Aretha began her career singing gospel at her father, minister C. L. Franklin’s church as a child. In 1960, at the age of 18, Aretha embarked on a secular career, recording for Columbia Records with modest success.

After moving to Atlantic Records in 1967, she released a steady string of US top ten hits through 1973 including “Spanish Harlem”, “Chain Of Fools”, “Baby I Love You”, “Since You’ve Been Gone”, “Daydreaming”, “The House That Jack Built”, “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", ”Think“ and her first chart-topper “Respect” – a song that also won Aretha her first of 18 Grammys. During this time, several of her songs were also successful overseas.

By the mid-70s, Aretha’s commercial success waned and she left Atlantic for Clive Davis' Arista Records in 1980. Her 1982 song “Jump to It,” returned her to the top 40 for the first time in six years. 1985’s Who’s Zoomin' Who? got her back into the top 10 twice with its title track and “Freeway Of Love”. Four more songs reached the top 40 through 1986.

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