“Can’t Cry Hard Enough” was written by David Williams and Lone Justice bassist Marvin Etzioni one night as they were songwriting while house-sitting for somebody. When David Williams began playing a piano line he’d written, lyrical inspiration suddenly hit Etzioni and the two worked the song out tha...
I'm gonna live my life
Like every day's the last
Without a simple good-bye
It all goes by so fast
And now that you're gone
I can't cry hard enough
No, I can't cry hard enough
For you to hear me now
Gonna open my eyes
And see for the first time
I've let go of you like
A child letting go of his kite
There it goes, up in the sky
There it goes, beyond the clouds
For no reason why
I can't cry hard enough
No, I can't cry hard enough
For you to hear me now
Gonna look back in vain
And see you standing there
When all that remains
Is just an empty chair
And now that you're gone
I can't cry hard enough
No, I can't cry hard enough
For you to hear me now
There it goes, up in the sky
There it goes, beyond the clouds
For no reason why
I can't cry hard enough
No, I can't cry hard enough
For you to hear me now
Co-writer Marvin Etzioni explained the genesis of the song to Songfacts:
Writing the song was like a magical moment. David [Williams], his brother Andrew and I, we were all writing songs for their second record. And so David said, “Hey, why don’t you just stay over tonight.” He was house-sitting. A...