I Cried For You

a 1923 popular song
words and music by Arthur Freed, Gus Arnheim, and Abe Lyman


The sheet music:


Accompaniment from a player piano roll:


Lyrics

  1. I remember other days, how I used to weep
    Over things you said to me, I couldn’t even sleep
    You forgot your promises, every single vow
    All you did was laugh at me, but things are different now

Chorus
I cried for you
Now it’s your turn to cry over me
Every road has a turning
That’s one thing you’re learning
I cried for you
What a fool I used to be
Now I found two eyes just a little bit bluer
I found a heart just a little bit truer
I cried for you
Now it’s your turn to cry over me

  1. How can I forget the hours that I worried through
    Wondering the live-long day just what next thing to do
    In those days you never thought anything of me
    But the slave that was all yours and now at last is free

Sung here by Fred Feild: