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About This Song
About "You Don't Have To Cry [1968 Demo]" by Stephen Stills
This 1968 demo finds Stephen Stills in raw, unvarnished form—his voice a fragile rasp against sparse guitar. The song’s reassurance ('you don’t have to cry') is undercut by the demo’s intimacy, as if comfort and vulnerability are two sides of the same worn coin.