The Sky Is Crying

by Elmore James Clarence Lewis Bobby Robinson recording of November 1959, Chicago from Charly Blues Masterworks Vol. 12 - Elmore James, The Sky Is Crying (Charly Records CD BM 12) The sky is cryin', look at the tears roll down the street The sky is cryin', look at the tears roll down the street I'm wadin' in tears lookin' for my baby, and I wonder, where can she be? I saw my baby one mornin', and she was walkin' on down the street I saw my baby one mornin', and she was walkin' on down the street Made me feel so good, until my poor heart would skip a beat I got a bad feelin', my baby, my baby don't love me no more I got a bad feelin', my baby don't love me no more Now, the sky's been cryin', the tears rollin' down my nose

 

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