"Angels Tears" c. 2009 K.Murray
A chorus of angels
Rise, sing, you beautiful angels
The sun came up the other day
he looked around, then went away
and the sky it filled with cloud, rain and grey
the people on the ground looked up then down
above their coats they wore a frown
and felt their moment passed them by
gloom spilled everywhere
and while he hid above the cloud, the moon, she heard him say aloud
"You can't keep these guys happy, even when we shine
if they could see the view from here they'd see their worries disapear
and maybe learn to live together just like us."
to the moon he groaned, "its all time loaned
and all they ever did was moaned they take, everything for granted
even life itself
How long do you think you and me should hang around while they run free
i got better things to do than watch them while their feeling sad and blue
so heaven help me
A chorus of Angels
rise sing beautiful angel, rise, sing, sing.
rise sing you chorus of angels"
with velvet tongue the rising moon said "Honey you'll be setting soon
its just an off day that your having, my shift next
they're still just kids they're not all bad they just get grumpy like their dad
well we got lots in common in this here part of space
and we must watch them when they fall and hope that they grow strong and tall
like every parent must, so honey just relax and you
throw yourself a solar storm and we can show them sunsets warm
and paint the night with colour, maybe tonight they'll sleep sound and dream
and put up your feet and rest awhile tonight i'll wear my crescent smile
and while their sleeping, maybe together we can turn tides
and when you rise we'll fill their skies with singing birds and butterflies
and hope and wonder and share our love
and next time babe when rain appears, romantics will see Angels tears
and like me know, that only you can chase the clouds away
away"
"oh you beautiful angel
oh you beautiful angels
rise sing you beautiful angels
rise sing you beautiful angels
rise sing you beautiful angels
rise sing you beautiful angels." |
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This song was recorded entirely in the Forge after the lyric had laid around for some time. I made a loop of 1 bar from a recording session with some of "The Giant Steppin Stanes" in 1991 from one of my tunes. It sprang into life during the coda . It was one of these mystical things that only happen briefly during the recording process. John lifted his bow off the fiddle at the same time as Tommy lifted the sporano from his mouth. The ensuing resonance created this beautiful texture, over a mandolin groove in 6/8. It wasn't planned, it was a magical moment.
In May 09 i put the form together with a guide vocal and flew in the loop. It added a nice bed to the track and runs throughout. The electric was recorded via my Mesa Boogie MK2B and a rhode nt1 microphone. The piano and all other keyboards were recorded via midi and in some cases re-amped to warm up the sound. The vocal was recorded through the same microphone. |
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