Key G minor
CD: Bronwyn Edwards Cryer "Late Bloomer"
Produced by Maurice Jones Jr.
Release date: May 23, 2004
© 2003 Bronwyn Edwards Cryer (ASCAP)
Featured on this track:
LARA LAVI, vocal
BRONWYN EDWARDS CRYER, piano, guitar, keyboards
MAURICE JONES Jr., bass
TODD GRAY, drums
RICARDO VALENZUELA, guitars
BRONWYN EDWARDS CRYER and LARA LAVI, backup vocals
JIM McLAUGHLIN, harmonica
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LYRICS
Last night I flew out of Seattle
Heading southeast for the ride
Thunder clouds were looking angry
And lit up like a fire on the fourth of July
Those clouds were welling up with fury
And I was welling up inside
Heading down to Albuquerque
And far away from my old love I once shared with you
And there's a big, dark sky out there
And it's leading me somewhere
Away from the sadness, away from the pain
This big, dark sky will break and cry the rain
Today I'm headin' down the highway
Drivin' south toward the Gulf of Mexico
Tumbleweeds are blowin' wildly
Gator pieces lying black on the side of the road
I've just got eyes for the lightning
And ears to hear the thunder roll
And every mile I drive you're fading
And the solitude appeases the hole in my heart
And there's a big, dark sky out there
And it's leadin' me somewhere
Away from the sadness, away from the pain
This big, dark sky will break and cry the rain
This big, dark sky will break and cry the rain
Cry the rain, cry the rain...
© 2003 Bronwyn Edwards Cryer
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THE STORY
Originally named "Big Sky," this song was written in the summer of 2000 following a trip I made to Texas for a family reunion. It is a blend of two themes: (1) the breakup of a love relationship (a close friend's, not mine) and (2) the most terrifying flight I have ever experienced. I was travelling to Albuquerque to hook up with my husband and daughter who had made the road trip from Seattle. On my way into Phoenix to change planes we hit a wall of storm, so vast I had been watching it from my plane window for a couple of hours as we tried to go around it. It's hard to describe the scene after we hit the wall, but our male flight attendants were flat on the floor holding on to the base of the seats, and people were screaming like we were on a rollercoaster ride (which we were I guess). The big sky continued to haunt me as we drove south through New Mexico to Texas and the haunting, dark feel of the song always makes me feel thankful that we didn't plummet into the ground.
On a lighter side, I saw my first road-runner as we drove through northern Texas. The lyrics originally included the line "there's a road-runner crossing my path on the road." However, I had to re-write it. During live performances, my fellow band-members and I couldn't resist saying "meep-meep" into our microphones and Didi, our vocalist, would burst out laughing. So I replaced it with the "gator fragments lying black on the side of the road."
During the production of this CD, after reworking the lyrics even more, changing the key and altering the rhythmic structure of the song to include some occasional three-beat measures in an otherwise four-count measure song, I renamed the song "Cry the Rain." Vocalist Lara Lavi (also a gifted songwriter) was haunted by the dark feel of the song, and added her own unique and wonderful interpretation, changing my original melody somewhat. However I was very excited to hear my song being taken to a different place...
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