Animals ( The ) - I'm crying

First performance: 01/03/1990


Coverinfo

Bruce played this song only once:
 
1990-03-01 Forum (The), Inglewood, CA
 
Bruce played this song 1 time along with Bob Dylan, guesting Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and covered these two songs : 'Travelin’ band' and 'I’m crying'. This recording is the first and only time Bruce and Tom ever traded lead vocals on stage.
 


 

Songinfo

"I'm Crying" is a song originally performed by The Animals, written by the group's lead vocalist Eric Burdon and organist Alan Price. The song was released as a single in September 1964.
 
 
 

Bruce on the artist

2012 SXSW Keynote

"For some, the Animals were just another one the really good beat groups that came of the Sixties," Bruce Springsteen said at his 2012 keynote speech at South By Southwest. "But to me, the Animals were a revelation. The first records with full blown class consciousness that I had ever heard. " The passionate vocals and organ-heavy sound of the Animals was a huge influence on Springsteen as a young songwriter and he fully admits he stole the chords of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" for "Badlands."
 
 
Bruce performed 2 times live with Eric Burdon: 
 
Eric Burdon guests on a tour one-off cover of The Animals "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place", played on tour for the first time since November 4, 1976.
 
 

2012-03-15 Moody Theater, Austin, TX
Following the keynote speech, Bruce performs an intimate concert at Moody Theater, the theater and studio for Austin City Limits. The Animals' Eric Burdon performs with Springsteen for the first time in an appearance that was arranged following Bruce's passionate speech about The Animals' influence on his music. " (We Gotta Get Out Of This Place)
 
 

Lyrics

I don't hear your knock upon my door
I don't have your lovin' anymore
Since you been gone I'm a-hurtin' inside
Well I want you baby by my side, Yeah
I'm cryin', I'm cryin'
Hear me cryin' baby
Hear me cryin'
I'm lonely and blue baby every night
Yeah, you know you didn't treat me right
And now my tears begin to fall
Well I want you baby and that's all
I'm cryin', I'm cryin'
Hear me cryin' baby
Hear me cryin'
I don't hear your knock upon my door
I don't have your lovin' anymore
Since you been gone I'm hurtin' inside, yeah
Well I want you baby by my side
But I'm cryin', you know I'm cryin'
Hear me cryin' baby
Hear me cryin'
Hear me cryin'