Story Behind The Song
After a performance, Mary was once told by somebody that her sky wasn't blue. It was a great line.
Song Description
This is about a woman who literally is out of her mind with loneliness who's singing along with the ghost of the man she loves.
| Song Length |
4:09 |
Genre |
Folk - Alternative, Rock - Indie/Low-Fi |
| Tempo |
Very Slow (Under 70) |
Lead Vocal |
Duet Male/Female |
| Mood |
Miserable, Troubled |
Subject |
Loneliness, Frustration |
| Similar Artists |
Cyndi Lauper, Janis Joplin |
Language |
English |
Lyrics
MY SKY AIN'T BLUE
music and words by Mary Hartman and Sam Cooper (c)2009
615-469-4067 jericat@yahoo.com
My sky ain't blue today,
You'll never slide my negligee from my shoulders again.
Chain-smoked all my cigarettes,
Can't pull myself from this bed. Damn! I'm out of gin.
(chorus)
Oh, everything I see and do,
Keeps draggin' me right back to you,
You're everywhere.
I smell your clothes, I touch your face,
Smiling in that picture frame,
Without you here--my sky ain't blue.
My sky ain't blue no more.
Your ghost is rattling the door. Oh! It's just the wind.
And my tears are raining down,
Sometimes I wish I'd drown, put this pain to an end.
(chorus)
Cause everything I see and do,
Keeps draggin' me right back to you,
You're everywhere.
I smell your clothes, I touch your face,
Smiling in that picture frame,
Without you here--my sky ain't blue.
(bridge)
Call me crazy, but I swear...
(chorus)
That everything I see and do,
Keeps draggin' me right back to you,
You're everywhere.
I smell your clothes, I touch your face,
Smiling in that picture frame,
Love's so unfair.
Everything I see and do,
Keeps draggin' me right back to you,
You're everywhere.
I slip on your shirt, I kiss your face,
Smiling in that picture frame,
Without you here,
Without you here--my sky ain't blue.