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    "Storm Comin'"genre: Folk
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    A folksy song in the classic Jack Elliot/Bob Dylan style. The lyrics represent the usual expressionist blather about the outer landscape reflecting the inner landscape. Yawn. Accompanied by my lovely Guild D40: don't it sound grand?
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    Credits: Lyrics, song, performance by Dr. Jerry & the Periferals

    Story Behind the Song
    I think the phrase "I can see it in the sky, I can hear it in the wind" came first. That already got me moving in the folk direction. I fit the phrase to a hook (well, as hookish as I get), & then spun out some verses that seemed to fit in.

    Actually, I'm quite pleased with the lyrics -- about the closest I've ever gotten to the pure folk tradition.

    As with many of my songs, there is a lot of ambivalence: elemental passions/storms as a power both joyous and savage, with the sun rising on a new day.

    Lyrics
    When I was born, my daddy
    Built a spare room on the house.
    The day I told him I'm leavin'
    A twister ripped that room out.
    I guess that rain and lightnin'
    It sprung straight out of his heart.

    I can see it in the sky,
    I can feel it in the wind,
    We got a new storm comin' in.


    Years ago I met you
    On a visit to my uncle's farm.
    Later that day we went walkin'
    In an old orange grove by the pond.
    That same night a freak hailstorm,
    It struck every single orange down.

    I can see it in the sky,
    I can feel it in the wind,
    We got a new storm comin' in.


    Life with you, my darlin',
    Is just like a day in Spring.
    Sometimes the sun is shinin',
    Sometimes the birds do sing;
    Sometimes the air gets frozen,
    And sometimes the rain clouds move in.

    I can see it in the sky,
    I can hear it in the wind ...
    I can see it in your eyes,
    I can feel it in your grin ...
    Just let the old blow by,
    Let somethin' else begin --
    We got a new day comin' in.

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