James Taylor – Fire And Rain Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone Susanne the plans they made put an end to you I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song I just can't remember who to send it to I've seen fire and I've seen rain I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend But I always thought that I'd see you again Won't you look down upon me, Jesus You've got to help me make a stand You've just got to see me through another day My body's aching and my time is at hand And I won't make it any other way Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend But I always thought that I'd see you again Been walking my mind to an easy time my back turned towards the sun Lord knows when the cold wind blows it'll turn your head around Well, there's hours of time on the telephone line to talk about things To come Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend But I always thought that I'd see you, baby, one more time again, now Thought I'd see you one more time again There's just a few things coming my way this time around, now Thought I'd see you, thought I'd see you fire and rain, now |
"Well I woke up Monday morning wondered if Tuesday would be this bad, yeah I woke up Monday morning wondered if Tuesday would be this bad Well I let that thing about last night ohhhhh... the bad whiskey I had Ants in the sugar bowl weebles in the cornmeal I got ants in the sugar bowl weebles in the cornmeal, My old lady said "let's sleep late" I said "honey I believe I will" "Stockholm Blues" Tony Joe White |
The third verse of Iris Dement’s "No Time To Cry", one of my absolute favorite songs: "I sit down on the sofa and I watch the evening news There’s a half a dozen tragedies from which to pick and choose The baby that was missing was found in a ditch today And there’s bombs a’flying, and people dying, not so far away And I take a beer from the ’fridgerator and go sit out in the yard And with a cold one in my hand I’m gonna bite down and swallow hard Because I’m older now, I’ve got no time to cry" Reading the lyrics doesn’t come close to conveying the devastating heartbreak in Iris’ singing of them. The song has been recorded by two of my all-time favorite singers, Merle Haggard and Kasey Chambers, both of them also superior songwriters themselves. You can hear the song on You Tube, and then go buy the album it is on, Iris’ My Life. Not a single bad song on it, one of my "Perfect Albums". |
