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Why Aren't You Crying

from Boston Nashville by Mike Pellecchia

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Solid r&b medium ballad with calypso backbeat, acoustic guitars, horns, mandolin, backup singers, and signature electric guitar

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You say your heart is broken, you put on such a good
show
Why aren’t you crying, why I don’t know
You act the part of the victim, I am convinced it is true
Why aren’t you crying, why aren’t ya blue

Why are you so, steely and cold?
Did you tell, your emotions, to pack up and go

You say your life is over, you say with firm resolve
Why aren’t you crying, who else is involved?

You are the star of the show; I’m sitting in the front row
Why aren’t you crying, I’ll check the program notes

It says, right here, that your part in this play
Is to be wooed, and won, and then thrown away

You say you’ve played this part, too many times, before
So why aren’t you crying, my ticket’s torn
Can’t you pretend, like it’s the first time
Why aren’t you crying, why aren’t you trying

I’m used to good acting on all my screens
The least you can do, is to make a big scene
Instead, your mask, is permanently smiling
Why aren’t you crying, why aren’t ya crying

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from Boston Nashville, released January 1, 2017
Electric guitar: Andy Reiss
Mandolin: Jay Patten
Saxes: Michael Pellecchia, Jay Patten

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Mike Pellecchia Lee, New Hampshire

Mike wrote these songs in some of his favorite vintage styles of pop music, as he heard them on the radio and vinyl records in the 1960s. One song is a cover, "You Call It Joggin'", by the late John D. Loudermilk.

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