I'm Not Crying Over You

"This is a track that I recorded in early February, again with full orchestra. It's Albert Hammond and myself, and it's about a guy talking to a girl that's obviously left him - and he's trying to pretend that he doesn't mind at all. The song goes: 'I don't mind this empty room. I like it when I'm alone! I don't think a lot about you - I'm not waiting by the telephone. I'm watching the late-night movie, when the lovers say good-bye. Oh, it's really getting to me and tears are in my eyes... but I'm not crying over you. I'm over you.' That's the lyric, so you listen to this stuff and you think 'The guy's lying through his teeth! He misses her like hell.' It's just one of those songs that gives you a wry little smile. I'm very fond of this track. I think it's really excellent. Another verse goes: 'I might take a talk past your house, for a trip down memory lane. You may see at your window, standing in the pouring rain, but I'm not crying. I'm not crying over you - I'm over you.' I'm sure listeners will identify with that, because I've done that - I'm sure we all have."


"Lyrically, the song is about a guy pretending he's no longer in love. Everything he says, like 'I'm not thinking about you... I'm not hanging around the telephone, I'm going out and having a wonderful time and my horoscope tells me I'm in good shape..', it's just garbage. He's missing her like hell. Everything he says... it's like the 10cc song, I'm Not In Love; you hear it and you want to stand up and shout 'Liar!' You can tell immediately that's he's lying. At the end of this song there's a scene where it's pouring with rain and he's just walking, he says, 'For a trip down memory lane...' Of course he's going to have a look at her house. We've all done this! It's pouring with rain, he's looking into the window and she looks out and sees him standing in the rain. It's a very emotional scene. I see that very powerfully: she's sitting in by the fire, reading a book, and suddenly there's this noise outside - and there's this figure, drenched in rain, and he's looking at her and she's looking at him. And he's trying to tell us that he's not missing her. Of course he is; he's madly in love with her! So it's one of those ironic songs, and I think it works great."