“Cry Like a Man” is one of Rembrandt Brown’s seminal hits with his band, The Spinning Topps. Viewers tuning into the pilot of Sliders in 1995 caught glimpses of it on TV in Rembrandt’s apartment while he’s getting ready to sing the National Anthem, and again during the credits at the end of the episode. But production filmed an entire low-budget video to go along with the song, and it’s now available for you to watch exclusively through Earth Prime.
“Cry Like a Man”
For the first time anywhere, enjoy the full music video for The Spinning Topps’ vintage R&B hit, “Cry Like a Man”!
Lyrics
Written By: Tracy Tormé & Paul Kelly
Arranged By: Hummie Mann
Performed By: Cleavant Derricks
Ohhhhhhhhhh…
My friends ask me why I cry (cry)
It’s cause I feel like I wanna die (die)
These tears spring from my eye
Ever since you said goodbye (goodbye)
Chorus:
I’m gonna cry like a man (cry like a man)
Hard as I can (as I can)
And if you had a heart
Maybe you’d start
to understand
Oh, I know you understand me brothers
See me walking down the street (walkin’ down the street)
And everybody that I meet (everybody that I meet)
They say hello, goodbye (goodbye)
And tears spring from my other eye (walk on by)
Chorus
Listen baby
The long and lonely nights go by (they go on by)
Alone and lonely, I sit and cry (I cry, I cry)
I cry! Oh! (All alone I sit and cry)
Moaning! Groaning! Dyin’! (cry like a man)
Cryin’ like a man
Hard as I can (as I can)
If you had a heart
Maybe you’d start
to understand
You’re breaking my heart here! (cry like a man)
I feel a tear comin’ out of this eye! (cry like a man)
Oh! And a tear, fallin’ from my other eye! (cry like a man)
Brothers! Somebody!
Somebody hand me a handkerchief!
Please! (cry like a man)