Sunday, August 16, 2015

"The Wind Cries Mary" - Live in Stockholm - Jimi Hendrix (video)

Because it's one of the most beautiful rock songs ever recorded.





What?   You say it's not rock?

It's Hendrix.  Anything he did was rock whether it had a back beat or not.

Maybe it's as bleak as it seems or maybe Mary will come.  Your call.


The audio is not as good as a studio recording but live has its presence and that's why I want this one rather studio with some visual effects.


Lyrics

After all the jacks are in their boxes,
and the clowns have all gone to bed,
you can hear happiness staggering on down the street,
footprints dress in red.

And the wind whispers Mary.

A broom is drearily sweeping
up the broken pieces of yesterday's life.
Somewhere a Queen is weeping,
somewhere a King has no wife.

And the wind it cries Mary.

The traffic lights they turn blue tomorrow
And shine their emptiness down on my bed,
The tiny island sags downstream
'Cos the life that they lived is dead.

And the wind screams Mary.

Will the wind ever remember
The names it has blown in the past,
And with this crutch, its old age and its wisdom
It whispers, "No, this will be the last."

And The Wind Cries Mary.

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