SHE CRIES YOUR NAME

Falling from the western selves
To find yourself alone again
Wonderin' where you have been
Your lonely voice
Calls across the star lit coast
Reaching out to be seen

She cries your name
Three times again
She cries your name
How long can this love remain?

Scratch beneath the surface screen
Of what we say and what we seem
Is there truth to be seen?
She's cryin' out your name
But her scream sounds the same
How fickle fate can be

She cries your name
Three times again
She cries your name
How long can this love remain?

Birds which scream for territory
Can learn to sing euphorically
Given time that is revealed??
There's a wasteland in his soul
The burned out trees will leave you cold
Living out beside the hill

She cries your name
Three times again
She cries your name
How long can this love remain?

She cries your name
Three times again
She cries your name
How long can this love remain?

She cries your name
Twelve times again
She cries your name
How long can this love remain?

Written by: Beth Orton / William Orbit
Album versions on: SuperPinkyMandy 
Alternate version on: Trailer Park / SCYN single & reissue / Strange Cargo: Hinterland
Live versions on: WYEP Live & Direct / KMTT on the Mountain 4

Originally written by William Orbit and Beth Orton for Orton's SuperPinkyMandy, the song was re-done again for Orbit's Strange Cargo series, Hinterland in 1995. The Hinterland version features only the chorus portion and not the rest of the song. Beth Orton changed the arrangement of the tune in 1996 and released it as her lead single for Trailer Park. The single was later re-issued again and peaked at #40 on the UK Top 75 singles chart. She Cries Your Name can be said to be one of the most played songs for Beth Orton.