Read Me the Sky
by Barb Marlowe · Rock › Pop Rock · Made with Mureka · 0 plays
Style
soft rock, pop rock, acoustic, nostalgic, wistful
Prompt
Dreamy folk rock, smoky breathy contralto, acoustic guitar, Rhodes, sweeping cello strings, lush reverb, warm analog
Lyrics
Mm, mm Dusk on the county road Fence posts sliding by, the fields gone gold and thin Your hat is in your lap, your eyes are on the wind You lost my mother's middle name somewhere in the week But you still know the weather by the way the cattle speak Read me the sky, Daddy, read me the sky Name every cloud as it drifts on by I'll keep the names you can't hold Read me the sky That's a mare's tail, honey, means the rain is on its way That's a wall cloud building, it will break by end of day I lose the names of people, but I never lose the rain It's written on the evening like a prayer I can't explain Read me the sky, Daddy, read me the sky Name every cloud as it drifts on by I'll keep the names you can't hold Read me the sky And if the day comes you can't find my face Look up, look up, the sky will keep the place Tell me where the swallows go Tell me where the swallows go, oh The porch light's coming on across the pasture line You squeeze my hand and say the stars will be just fine I was small once on your shoulders, counting thunder slow Now I hold the hand that taught me how the evening goes Read me the sky, darling, read me the sky I'll name every cloud as the years go by Keep the names I can't hold Read me the sky Read me the sky Mm, mm Dusk on the county road Read me the sky