Amy Winehouse
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This original recording of Winehouse’s hit “Tears Dry on Their Own,” features a slower tempo and provides a much more emotional feel to the song.
Producer Salaam Remi explained to Complex in November 2011 why they chose to revamp the song to the version heard on Back to Black, saying:
I listened t...
[Verse 1]
All I can ever be to you is the darkness we once knew
And this deep regret I had to get accustomed to
Once it felt so right, anticipation at its height
Lived and waited in hotel rooms late at night
I knew I hadn't met my match
With every moment we could snatch
I don't know why I let myself get so attached
It's my responsibility
And you don't owe nothing to me
But to cut myself off, I had no capacity
[Chorus]
He walks away, the sun goes down
He takes the day, but I am grown
And in your grey, in this cool shade
My tears dry on their own (Tears dry on their own)
[Verse 2]
I don't understand, why do I stress the man?
When there's so many bigger things than him at hand
We could've never had it all
We had to hit a wall
And this is inevitable withdrawal
Even if I stop wanting you and perspective pushes through
I'll be some next man's other woman soon
I cannot play myself again
I should just be my own best friend
Not fuck myself in the head with stupid men
[Chorus]
He walks away, the sun goes down
He takes the day, but I am grown
And in your grey, in this cool shade
My tears dry on their own (Tears dry on their own)
[Verse 3]
Wish I could say no regrets
And no emotional debts
And as we kiss goodbye, the sun behind you sets
So we are history, your shadow covers me
The sky above ablaze that only lovers see
[Chorus]
He walks away, the sun goes down
He takes the day, but I am grown
And in your grey, in this cool shade
My tears dry on their own (Tears dry on their own)
He walks away, the sun goes down
He takes the day, but I am grown
Baby, in your grey, in this cool shade
My tears dry on their own (Tears dry on their own)
[Outro]
Yeah, in your grey, this cool shade
My tears dry on their own (Tears dry on their own)
In your grey, in this cool shade
My tears dry on their own (Tears dry on their own)
In your grey, in this cool shade
My tears dry on their own (Tears dry on their own)
Tears Dry (Original Version) was written by Amy Winehouse & Ashford & Simpson & Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson.
Tears Dry (Original Version) was produced by Salaam Remi.
Amy Winehouse released Tears Dry (Original Version) on Fri Dec 02 2011.
In the CD booklet of Lioness: Hidden Treasures, producer Salaam Remi said the following about “Tears Dry (Original)”:
Amy took about a week to write “Tears Dry On Their Own” – sitting out in the back garden of my house in Miami. She came in one day and had the chords for the first verse and then th...