Every day I have to cry some

So sang Arthur Alexander, and if he were like most guys I know, he didn't particularly want you to bear witness to the event — though he wasn't in quite the same amount of denial as, say, Dee Clark:

So it must be raindrops. I've counted the tears a few times myself over the years, but seldom did I actually want to be seen crying: the less evidence, the better.

And maybe this is also true of Blossom Dearie, whose "Inside a Silent Tear" is bothering the heck out of Ian at Banana Oil this week.