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Cry Wolf

​a-ha
Track 6 on Scoundrel Days 

Producer

Alan Tarney
Oct. 6, 19861 viewer

Cry Wolf Lyrics

[Intro]
Hello?
Night I left the city
I dreamt of a wolf

[Verse 1]
He came from where the winds are cold
And truth is seen through keyholes
Strange longings never sleep
Now he's come where no hearts beat

[Chorus]
Cry wolf
Time to worry
Cry wolf
Time to worry now

[Verse 2]
You can start, but you cannot stop
You give in, but you can't give up
You can tell all your desperate jokes
To a world that puts your
Love on hold

[Chorus]
Cry wolf
Time to worry
Cry wolf
Time to worry now
[Chorus]
Cry wolf
Time to worry
Cry wolf
Time to worry now

[Interlude]
Dreamt of a wolf
A wolf

[Bridge]
The sunken-in eyes
And the pain in his cries
A shape in the dark (Dark)

[Chorus]
Cry wolf
Time to worry
Cry wolf
Time to worry now
Cry wolf
Time to worry now
Cry wolf
Time to worry now

[Chorus]
Cry wolf
Time to worry
Cry wolf
Time to worry now
Cry wolf
Time to worry now
Cry wolf
Time to worry now
[Outro]
Cry wolf
Cry wolf
Cry wolf

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This was a-ha’s final single in the U.S.

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Scoundrel Days (1986)
​a-ha
  1. 1.
    Scoundrel Days
  2. 2.
    The Swing of Things
  3. 3.
    I’ve Been Losing You
  4. 4.
    October
  5. 5.
    Manhattan Skyline
  6. 6.
    Cry Wolf
  7. 7.
    We’re Looking for the Whales
  8. 8.
    The Weight of the Wind
  9. 9.
    Maybe, Maybe
  10. 10.
    Soft Rains of April
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Release Date
October 6, 1986
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PopPop-RockNew WaveScandipopNorgeScandinaviaSynth-Pop
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