{"id":29274,"date":"2026-01-12T22:34:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T22:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=29274"},"modified":"2026-01-12T22:34:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T22:34:00","slug":"i-cant-cry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/i-cant-cry\/","title":{"rendered":"I Can&#8217;t Cry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bob Sampson<\/p>\n<p>[V-1]<br \/>\nD                     D7                 G                      E7<br \/>\nI stare into the darkness as I lie each night alone<br \/>\n  A                                A7                           G                  D<br \/>\nI pray you\u2019ll walk back through my door.  I listen for the phone<br \/>\n                                    D7                      G                    E7<br \/>\nThe hurtful things that we both said will haunt me till I die<br \/>\n       A                        A7                      D     G    D<br \/>\nOur precious love is gone, but I can\u2019t cry<\/p>\n<p>{ CHORUS }<br \/>\nA         D      D7                    C    G<br \/>\nI can\u2019t cry,        I just can\u2019t c&#8212;ry<br \/>\n          A                                A7                            G      D     A7<br \/>\nCan\u2019t make the teardrops flow.  I don\u2019t know why<br \/>\n        D                      D7                   C   G<br \/>\nWithout you, life is nothing but a l&#8212;ie<br \/>\n  D                                   A               A7       D      G  D<br \/>\nI know my love, you\u2019re gone, but I can\u2019t cry<\/p>\n<p>[V-2]<br \/>\nD                       D7                       G                         E7<br \/>\nAnother dawn, another sleepless night without you near<br \/>\nA                          A7                      G                        D<br \/>\nLoss invades my empty heart, but comes without a tear<br \/>\n                            D7                     G                   E7<br \/>\nHow can I face another day; why should I even try?\u2018<br \/>\n  A                       A7                         D     G    D<br \/>\nI feel like such a fool, \u2018cause I can\u2019t cry<\/p>\n<p>[Repeat Chorus]<\/p>\n<p>       G                            A            A7     D<br \/>\nThe pain goes on and on, yet I can&#8217;t cry. <\/p>\n<p>I long to have you near,<br \/>\nThe \u201cCold Blue Lonelies\u201d grab my soul but come without a tear<\/p>\n<p>I wish I\u2019d just break down, but I can\u2019t cry<br \/>\nI\u2019m numb.  The tears won\u2019t come.  I just can\u2019t cry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bob Sampson [V-1] D D7 G E7 I stare into the darkness as I lie each night alone A A7 G D I pray you\u2019ll walk back through my door. I listen for the phone D7 G E7 The hurtful things that we both said will haunt me till I &hellip; <span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/i-cant-cry\/\" class=\"more-link\">CLICK TO VIEW SONG<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">I Can&#8217;t Cry<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29274"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29275,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29274\/revisions\/29275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}