Play Me A Song I Can Cry To

from Bittersweet by Alice Gerrard

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©lyrics and music by Alice Gerrard, Agate Hill Publishing, BMI

lyrics

Play me a song I can cry to
Sing me a song I can cry to
Cause there’s nothing, no not anything
No, there’s nothing in this whole wide world
Like a sad, sad song.

When I feel so down and out and my life seems so blue
My baby’s gone away or the world just treats me cruel
Then there’s nothing, not one thing,
No there’s nothing in this whole wide world
Like a sad, sad song

I don’t feel so lonesome when I hear Hank sing the blues
Could be that woman down the street’s been a-walkin in my shoes
No there’s nothing, no not one thing
There’s nothing in this whole wide world
Like a sad, sad song.
Play me a song I can cry to
Sing me a song I can cry to.

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from Bittersweet, released May 1, 2013
Alice Gerrard-lead vocal
Laurie Lewis, Tom Rozum-harmony vocals
Stuart Duncan-fiddle
Rob Ickes-dobro
Bryan Sutton-guitar
Tom Rozum-mandolin
Todd Phillips-string bass

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Alice Gerrard Durham, North Carolina

A singer and songwriter, Alice’s recordings with Hazel Dickens during the 1960s and ’70s influenced a generation of women musicians from Laurie Lewis to the Judds. Nominated for a Grammy in 2015, she was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Assoc. Hall of Fame in 2017. A documentary film about Alice, "You Gave Me a Song" premiered at the Full Frame Independent Film Festival in 2019. ... more

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