Crying A River Won’t Bring Me Back

[Verse 1]
You wore that red dress
Just to turn and walk away
Left your perfume in my doorway
Like it might make me stay
You been dialing up my shadow
But I ain't livin' there
You can't reach me through those teardrops
Falling in your favorite chair
[Chorus]
Crying a river won’t bring me back
You can drown this town in blue and black
You can beg that bedroom clock to turn around
But time don't bargain
Time don't crack
Crying a river won’t bring me back
[Verse 2]
You put my picture on the counter
Face down by the whiskey glass
Play our song on that old record
Till the needle chews the past
You say you're finally getting honest
With every sorry that you write
But you mailed them to the ashes
Of a love burned out last night
[Chorus]
Crying a river won’t bring me back
You can drown this town in blue and black
You can beg that bedroom clock to turn around
But time don't bargain
Time don't crack
Crying a river won’t bring me back
[Bridge]
Build your river up to my window
Let it pound against the pane (oh yeah)
I already packed that lifeboat
Floated off your hurricane
[Chorus]
Crying a river won’t bring me back
You can drown this town in blue and black
You can beg that bedroom clock to turn around
But time don't bargain
Time don't crack
Crying a river won't
Crying a river won't
Crying a river won’t bring me back

Slow back-porch blues, brushed snare and shuffle groove, hollow-body guitar bending into a weeping slide, upright bass walking lazy. Male vocals, worn and smoky, with tight three-part harmonies lifting the hook. Organ swells in the chorus, subtle call-and-response ad-libs near the end, final verse drops to almost whisper before a last, ringing turnaround., blues