Cry Little Sister is a rock song written by Gerard McMahon (under the pseudonym Gerard McMann) and Michael Mainieri and performed by McMahon for the soundtrack to the horror film The Lost Boys (1987). The album peaked at number 15 on the Billboard 200, however the single did not chart in the US.
McMahon has said that he “wanted it to be about the longing for family from a rejected youth’s perspective, which I went through myself and that many of us have felt.”
Lyrics:
Thou shalt not kill
Thou shalt not die
Thou shalt not die
Cry!
Last fire will rise
Behind those eyes
Black house will rock
Blind boys don’t lie
Behind those eyes
Black house will rock
Blind boys don’t lie
Immortal fear
That voice so clear
Through broken walls
That scream I hear
That voice so clear
Through broken walls
That scream I hear
Cry, little sister! (Thou shalt not fall)
Come, come to your brother! (Thou shalt not die)
Unchain me, sister! (Thou shalt not fear)
Love is with your brother! (Thou shalt not kill)
Come, come to your brother! (Thou shalt not die)
Unchain me, sister! (Thou shalt not fear)
Love is with your brother! (Thou shalt not kill)
Blue masquerade
Strangers look on
When will they learn
This loneliness?
Strangers look on
When will they learn
This loneliness?
Temptation heat
Beats like a drum
Deep in your veins
I will not lie
Beats like a drum
Deep in your veins
I will not lie
Little sister! (Thou shalt not fall)
Come, come to your brother! (Thou shalt not die)
Unchain me, sister! (Thou shalt not fear)
Love is with your brother! (Thou shalt not kill)
Come, come to your brother! (Thou shalt not die)
Unchain me, sister! (Thou shalt not fear)
Love is with your brother! (Thou shalt not kill)
My Shangri-Las
I can’t forget
Why you were mine
I need you now!
I can’t forget
Why you were mine
I need you now!
Cry, little sister! (Thou shalt not fall)
Come, come to your brother! (Thou shalt not die)
Unchain me, sister! (Thou shalt not fear)
Love is with your brother! (Thou shalt not kill)
Come, come to your brother! (Thou shalt not die)
Unchain me, sister! (Thou shalt not fear)
Love is with your brother! (Thou shalt not kill)
Cry, little sister! (Thou shalt not fall)
Come, come to your brother! (Thou shalt not die)
Unchain me, sister! (Thou shalt not fear)
Love is with your brother! (Thou shalt not kill)
Come, come to your brother! (Thou shalt not die)
Unchain me, sister! (Thou shalt not fear)
Love is with your brother! (Thou shalt not kill)
Cover versions:
- Charlie Sexton, on his 1989 self-titled album
- Mystic Circle, as a bonus track on their 2002 album Damien
- Zug Izland, on their 2003 album Cracked Tiles
- Blutengel, on their 2005 album The Oxidising Angel
- Aiden, on the soundtrack of the sequel film Lost Boys: The Tribe and the song also featured from the film Lost Boys: The Thirst.
- Nikki McKibbin, on her 2007 album, Unleashed
- Vesperian Sorrow, on their 2007 album, Regenesis Creation
- Ventana, on their 2009 album, American Survival Guide Vol. 1
- L.A. Guns, on their 2009 Album Covered in Guns
- Seasons After, on their 2010 album Through Tomorrow. This is the only charted cover of the song, reaching #20 on the Mainstream Rock charts.
- Eminem samples the track on his song “You’re Never Over” on his 2010 album Recovery
- Tangerine Dream, in their 2010 album Under Cover – Chapter One
- Celldweller released a “Klash-Up” in October 2012, featuring incidental music titled Hello Zepp from the first Saw movie.
- Krayzie Bone samples the track on his song “Hold on to Your Soul” on his 2015 album Chasing the Devil
- Dee Snider on the album Oculus Infernum, part of his side project Van Helsing’s Curse.
- Shining covers the song on their 2018 album X – Varg Utan Flock.
- On June 15, 2018, Marilyn Manson released a single cover version for Josh Boone’s upcoming film, The New Mutants.
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