Carole King Klein (born Carol Joan Klein; February 9, 1942) is an American … Read Full Bio ↴Carole King Klein (born Carol Joan Klein; February 9, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who has been active since 1958, initially as one of the staff songwriters at 1650 Broadway and later as a solo artist. Regarded as one of the most significant and influential musicians of all time, King is the most successful female songwriter of the latter half of the 20th century in the US, having written or co-written 118 pop hits on the Billboard Hot 100. King also wrote 61 hits that charted in the UK, making her the most successful female songwriter on the UK singles charts between 1962 and 2005.

King's major success began in the 1960s when she and her first husband, Gerry Goffin, wrote more than two dozen chart hits, many of which have become standards, for numerous artists. She has continued writing for other artists since then. King's success as a performer in her own right did not come until the 1970s, when she sang her own songs, accompanying herself on the piano, in a series of albums and concerts. After experiencing commercial disappointment with her debut album Writer, King scored her breakthrough with the album Tapestry, which topped the U.S. album chart for 15 weeks in 1971 and remained on the charts for more than six years.

King has made 25 solo albums, the most successful being Tapestry, which held the record for most weeks at No. 1 by a female artist for more than 20 years. Her record sales were estimated at more than 75 million copies worldwide. She has won four Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. She has been inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a performer and songwriter. She is the recipient of the 2013 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, the first woman to be so honored. She is also a 2015 Kennedy Center Honoree.

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Studio albums
Writer (1970)
Tapestry (1971)
Music (1971)
Rhymes & Reasons (1972)
Fantasy (1973)
Wrap Around Joy (1974)
Thoroughbred (1976)
Simple Things (1977)
Welcome Home (1978)
Touch the Sky (1979)
Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King (1980)
One to One (1982)
Speeding Time (1983)
City Streets (1989)
Colour of Your Dreams (1993)
Love Makes the World (2001)
A Holiday Carole (2011)

My My She Cries
Carole King Lyrics

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My, my, she cries, everyone dies
She waits, but can't get an answer
All he wants to do is dance
Dance, dance, dance
All he wants to do is dance

My, my, he lies, look at those eyes
While moving in a little closer

Moving in on the girl he hardly knows
Oh, oh, oh

See how she flies, under the skies
He waits, but she no longer hears him
She's gone, gone, she's gone
She's flown away

See how she flies, breaking all ties

Did anybody really know her
Did anybody really know

Overall Meaning

what she was about
All we know is that she cried

Carole King's "My My She Cries" is a song about emotional turbulence, love, heartbreak, and healing. The song follows a man and a woman who are in their own emotional turmoil. The woman is crying, and no one is answering her calls, while the man just wants to dance and forget his troubles. He is not aware of the woman's pain and is moving closer to a stranger to forget his own. The woman is flying away from the man who is waiting for her attention. The song highlights the isolating nature of pain and the struggles of communication during emotional upheavals.

The song is full of metaphors and imagery as it captures the complexities of emotions. The line "all he wants to do is dance" represents the desire for escapism, while the line "My, my, she cries, everyone dies" indicates the magnitude of the woman's pain. The phrase "See how she flies, breaking all ties" symbolizes the woman's need to leave her pain and past behind. The song ends with the question, "Did anybody really know her?" as the story is incomplete, and the listener is open to interpretation.

Line by Line Meaning

My, my, she cries, everyone dies
Sadness is a part of life that everyone experiences, and it feels as though it will last forever.

She waits, but can't get an answer
She is waiting for someone to give her an answer to a question, but it seems as though no one will help her.

All he wants to do is dance Dance, dance, dance All he wants to do is dance
He is so caught up in the moment that all he cares about is dancing and having a good time.

My, my, he lies, look at those eyes
He is being dishonest, and his facial expression gives him away.

While moving in a little closer Moving in on the girl he hardly knows Oh, oh, oh
He is approaching a girl that he does not know very well and trying to get closer to her.

See how she flies, under the skies
She is free and unencumbered, enjoying life under the open sky.

He waits, but she no longer hears him She's gone, gone, she's gone She's flown away
He tries to get her attention, but she has already moved on and is no longer interested in him.

See how she flies, breaking all ties Did anybody really know her Did anybody really know what she was feeling inside
She is cutting ties with people and situations that do not serve her, and no one truly understands the depth of her emotions.

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: CAROLE KING, TONI STERN

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