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?

Cut beneath the surface screen
Of what we say and what we seem
Is a truth to be seen?

She keeps 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 would scream for territory
Can learn to sing euphorically
Give a hand time and hands ring out

And there's a wasteland in your soul
The burned out trees would leave you cold
Leave a hand out and I'll deal

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: Trailer Park / SCYN single & reissue
Original version on: Strange Cargo: Hinterland  
Alternate version on: SuperPinkyMandy
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.