“Inside That I Cried” was the fourth single released from CeCe Peniston’s debut album Finally. Despite her smash success in the dance field with the album’s title track, this single showed her capabilities as an R&B balladeer for the first time. The song peaked at #94 on the Billboard Hot 100 an...
[Verse 1]
The talks we had on stormy nights
I often rushed away
When you were not in common sight
I was held by your embrace
I gaze and see the pain you feel
To think we had to part
I didn't feel you loved me
So I played games with your heart
[Chorus]
It was inside that I cried
It was inside that I cried
No long drawn out speeches
No sad tear solves goodbye
It was inside that I cried
It was inside that I cried
Don't be deceived by what you saw
It was inside that I cried
[Verse 2]
You treated me just like a queen
For me that wasn't enough
You showered me with expensive things
But I found a new love
Mistakes I made were fatal ones
Finally I see you cared
I can't undo what has been done
Now I need you and you're not there
[Chorus]
It was inside that I cried
It was inside that I cried
No long drawn out speeches
No sad tear solves goodbye
It was inside that I cried
It was inside that I cried
Don't be deceived by what you saw
It was inside that I cried
[Bridge]
No more prayers to make for tomorrow
Our time has slipped away
I feel so helpless
There's nothing I can do or say
To make things better
[Chorus]
It was inside that I cried
It was inside that I cried
No long drawn out speeches
No sad tear solves goodbye
It was inside that I cried for you
Now you're never coming back for me no more
Oh baby I know that I was wrong
So you left me all alone
Don't go
Don't be deceived by what you saw
It was inside that I cried
Inside That I Cried was written by Chantay Savage & Otto D’Agnolo & Rodney K. Jackson.
Inside That I Cried was produced by Steve Lindsey.
CeCe Peniston released Inside That I Cried on Thu Sep 10 1992.
CeCe spoke of her divorce from the song’s co-writer Malik Byrd:
It was like all of a sudden I go from being his wife to being this international star and I’m traveling the whole world. So I think it was also kind of a hard transition for him to really deal with too. It was like I found Mr. Right, a...