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Blue Sky Waiting
An observational song about the sense of relief at the return of the sunlight after days of gloom.
[Verse 1]
After three days of mist
The blue skies rolled in
And it lifted my spirits
Like a shot of gin
The rooks on the wire
Called with the light
As the gloom went away
We came out of the night
The river mud sparkled
We thought it was sand
And it seemed half the village
Was out on the land
The apprentice wardens
Were cutting the grass
Making the most
Of the sunshine at last
[Chorus]
You can carry the weather
Inside your head
Let the grey clouds settle
Where your thoughts are led
I thought about what
My grandfather said
The blue sky's waiting
Just overhead
[Verse 2]
For three days the headland
Had vanished from sight
The Mewstone was hidden
From morning till night
The valley felt smaller
The world closed in
And every new forecast
Looked much the same thing
But today there was colour
Wherever you turned
A lesson in something
You thought you had learned
How quickly the spirit
Comes back with the sun
And reminds you that gloomy days
Never have won
[Chorus]
You can carry the weather
Inside your head
Let the grey clouds settle
Where your thoughts are led
I thought about what
My grandfather said
The blue sky's waiting
Just overhead
[Verse 3]
The tide was right out
On the bends of the Yealm
The river lay shining
And easy and calm
Dogs on the footpaths
And families too
Making the most
Of the bright patch of blue
Nothing much different
From yesterday's scene
The same fields and footpaths
The same village green
But somehow the light
Had changed all we saw
And made us value
This place a bit more
[Chorus]
You can carry the weather
Inside your head
Let the grey clouds settle
Where your thoughts are led
I thought about what
My grandfather said
The blue sky's waiting
Just overhead
[Outro]
The blue sky's waiting
Just overhead...