This Is My Cross to Bear

 Written by S. Nicks

 All of your hope is gone away All I know is a rainy day Baby, come and run away I know that you've got something on your back This is my cross to bear This is my cross to bear All of your hope is gone away Died off...died away Yeah, you can go any old day 'Cause you've got something on him, oh, yeah This is my cross to bear This is my cross to bear Oh, baby Everything is right now There you go.... You never know... This is my cross to bear Oh, baby, yeah, yeah This is my cross to bear Baby, baby This is my cross to bear My love, this is my cross to bear (When you just don't care) This is my cross to bear To you the song is always sad I can't sleep and you can't hide But I know if you look inside You will find everything is alright Yeah... It's all gone...all gone... This is my cross to bear This is my cross to bear This is my cross to bear Everything is alright now, baby It's alright... As if somebody cares Hey, I know you don't (That's right) (This is my cross to bear) (When you just don't care) You go and tell me lies You told me it would be alright You don't have to run on home As if somebody cares... And now you're on your own To carry it all As if somebody cares... It's alright...it's alright As if somebody cares... I'll do alright As if somebody cares... As if somebody cares... As if somebody cares... And don't run away... As if somebody cares... As if somebody cares... Oh, yeah As if somebody cares... Alright... As if somebody cares... As if somebody cares... Oh, yeah As if somebody cares.... You don't know what it's really about You don't have it anyhow You gotta do it all by yourself 'Cause you've got no one else As if somebody cares... As if somebody cares... And you got on the telephone... As if somebody cares... One more wrong number, baby Woah, yeah, woah, baby As if somebody cares... As if somebody cares... As if somebody cares... You do good, it's overlooked And then I went home to nothing at all As if somebody cares... I call him my desperado Some call her the diamond shattered Look out my window What can I see?...

 


WEBMISTRESS speculates:

This song is hard to interpret - because I've guessed at half the words! (The sound quality in the demo I have is very poor). It's just Stevie having fun in the studio, really. From what I have, I think this song is about how she's lonely, but the fact that nobody cares about her is her "cross to bear." She may have to do things "all by [her]self" but she can handle it - "everything is alright." She's announcing her peace of mind to everybody - "as if somebody cares!" Well, we care, Stevie.

 
 

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