I'm posting a song a day from the Rise Up Singing songbook, which you may or may not know. It's a pretty invaluable resource for song leaders, and useful for anyone who likes to sing in groups. The book doesn't include the melodies to the songs, just the lyrics and some chords, so I’m trying hard to find the tunes I don’t know, learn them, and post them on YouTube for anyone to learn. That’s where these videos are hosted; the blog is just pretty packaging.
Friday, August 7, 2009
Everybody's Talking
By Fred Neil
Rise Up Singing chapter: Outdoors, p.152
Knowing the movie Midnight Cowboy in which this was featured, though, I can't feel it belongs in this chapter. It seems to be more about some sort of emotional trauma.
C - - - / - G C - / C - - - / C G C -
Everybody's talking at me, I don't hear a word they're saying
Only the echoes of my mind
People stop and staring, I can't see their faces
Only the shadows of their eyes
F G C Gm / F G C - ://
I'm going where the sun keeps shining through the pouring rain
Going where the weather suits my clothes
Banking off the northeast wind, sailing on a summer breeze
Skipping over the ocean like a stone
C - - - / - G C - / C G C -
Everybody's talking at me, I don't hear a word they're saying
Only the echoes of my mind
I won't let you leave my love behind
The line "I'm going where the *climate* suits my clothes" appears in the traditional song "Shady Grove" (also in Rise Up Singing) and in Hally Wood's song "Worried Blues", which I know from Bob Dylan (that's the song I talk about in the video).
-Worried Blues
-Hally Wood
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