Baby Don't Cry – English Lyrics

• By: INXS
• Album: Welcome to Wherever You Are

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the heartfelt lyrics and rich orchestral sound of INXS's "Baby Don't Cry." This song offers a beautiful blend of rock and classical elements, providing a unique musical landscape to explore English vocabulary related to emotions, comfort, and personal resilience. Its clear and supportive message makes it an excellent choice for language learners to grasp conversational phrases and expressions of empathy, while the engaging melody ensures a memorable learning experience.

[English]

(lively upbeat music)

♪ Baby, don't cry ♪

♪ Baby, don't cry ♪

♪ Baby, don't cry ♪

♪ Baby, don't cry ♪

♪ Baby, don't cry ♪

♪ Baby, don't cry ♪

♪ When you're down and confused ♪

♪ Nothing seems right ♪

♪ And it's you who decides ♪

♪ Who's going to make it right ♪

♪ Baby, don't cry ♪

♪ Don't cry, baby ♪

♪ Baby, don't cry ♪

♪ Baby, don't cry ♪

♪ Baby, don't cry ♪

♪ Baby, don't cry ♪

♪ Well, life ain't no joke ♪

♪ But it's good when you smile ♪

♪ Do you know where you are ♪

♪ Steal everything ♪

♪ But you won't get far ♪

♪ Baby, don't cry ♪

♪ Baby, don't cry ♪

♪ Don't cry, baby, don't cry ♪

♪ Baby, don't cry ♪

♪ Baby, don't cry ♪

♪ Sometimes you will fall ♪

♪ What you gonna do ♪

♪ Give your friend a call ♪

♪ Baby, don't cry ♪

♪ Call me ♪

♪ Baby, don't cry ♪

♪ Call me, baby ♪

♪ Baby, don't cry (Don't cry) ♪

♪ Baby, don't cry (Don't cry) ♪

♪ Baby, don't cry (Don't cry) ♪

♪ Baby, don't cry ♪

♪ We know that you can smile ♪

♪ Even though it takes a while ♪

♪ To lose your fears and say ♪

♪ Gonna lose your fears and say ♪

♪ Baby, don't cry (Baby, don't cry) ♪

♪ Baby, don't cry ♪

♪ (Don't cry now, baby, don't cry) ♪

♪ Baby, don't cry ♪

♪ Baby, don't cry (Baby, don't cry) ♪

♪ Do you know who you are ♪

♪ And where you're going to ♪

♪ Don't you know that love gonna pull you ♪

♪ Gonna pull you through now, baby ♪

♪ Come on, come on, come on ♪

♪ Baby, don't cry (Don't cry now) ♪

♪ Baby, don't cry ♪

♪ Baby, don't, baby, don't ♪

♪ Baby, don't cry ♪

♪ Baby, don't cry ♪

♪ Baby, don't cry ♪

♪ (Baby, don't cry, Baby, don't cry, Baby, don't cry) ♪

♪ Baby, don't cry ♪

♪ (Baby, don't cry, Baby, don't cry) ♪

♪ (Baby, don't cry, Baby, don't cry) ♪

♪ Baby, don't cry (Face to face) ♪

♪ (Anything is possible) ♪

♪ (Not political, or analytical) ♪

♪ (Never givin' up on the wrong) ♪

♪ (You got a choice) ♪

♪ Baby, don't cry (Why don't you use it) ♪

♪ (Change, is an attitude) ♪

♪ (Guaranteed to take ahold of you) Baby, don't cry ♪

♪ (So welcome, to the turnstile) ♪

♪ (Take a turn with a new vow) Baby, don't cry ♪

♪ (Hey, I know what you know) ♪

♪ (All the sympathy) ♪

♪ Baby, don't cry (Made a mess of me) ♪

♪ (Respect the sacrifice) ♪

♪ (Before the number one) ♪

♪ (Now it has begun) ♪

♪ Baby, don't cry ♪

♪ Baby, don't cry ♪

♪ Baby, don't cry ♪

♪ Baby, don't cry ♪

♪ Baby, don't cry ♪

♪ Baby, don't cry... ♪

(music fading)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
baby /ˈbeɪ.bi/ A1	noun - a very young child
cry /kraɪ/ A1	verb - to produce tears as a result of emotion
smile /smaɪl/ A1	verb - to make a facial expression showing happiness
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter
far /fɑːr/ A2	adverb - at a great distance
friend /frɛnd/ A1	noun - a person whom one knows and has a bond of mutual affection
call /kɔːl/ A1	verb - to shout out or speak to someone
lose /luːz/ A2	verb - to be unable to find something or someone
fears /fɪrz/ B1	noun - an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous
right /raɪt/ A2	adjective - morally good, justified, or acceptable
gonna /ˈɡɒnə/ B1	verb - informal contraction of 'going to'
pull /pʊl/ B1	verb - to exert force on someone or something to move them towards oneself
change /tʃeɪndʒ/ B1	verb - to make or become different
attitude /ˈætɪtjuːd/ B2	noun - a settled way of thinking or feeling about something
sympathy /ˈsɪmpəθi/ B2	noun - feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune
sacrifice /ˈsækrɪfaɪs/ C1	noun - the act of giving up something valued for the sake of something else

Key Grammar Structures

• Nothing seems right

  ➔ Subject + verb + complement

  ➔ Uses the simple present tense to describe a state or condition that is currently true.

• Baby, don't cry

  ➔ Imperative sentence with a contraction

  ➔ Uses an imperative form to give a direct command or plea, with 'don't' as contraction of 'do not'.

• Well, life ain't no joke

  ➔ Colloquial negation with 'ain't' (am not, is not, are not)

  ➔ 'Ain't' is an informal contraction used in colloquial speech to negate the verb 'to be'.

• Sometimes you will fall

  ➔ Simple future tense with 'will' to express a future action

  ➔ Uses modal auxiliary 'will' to indicate a likely or scheduled future event.

• And it's you who decides

  ➔ Relative clause with 'who' to specify the subject performing the action

  ➔ Uses a relative clause with 'who' to emphasize that the subject is the one making the decision.

• Gonna lose your fears and say

  ➔ Informal future intention with 'gonna', followed by an infinitive

  ➔ 'Gonna' is an informal contraction of 'going to' used in spoken language to express future plans or intentions.