SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON II - THE SKY IS CRYING

THE SKY IS CRYING

SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON II

SONGWRITERS: CLARENCE LEWIS, ELMORE JAMES & MORGAN ROBINSON

COUNTRY: FRANCE

ALBUM: PORTRAIT IN BLUES

LABEL: STOYVILLE

GENRE: BLUES

YEAR: 1963

"The Sky Is Crying" is a song that has become a blues standard. It was written and recorded by Elmore James in 1959. Called "one of his most durable compositions", "The Sky Is Crying" became a R&B record chart hit and has been interpreted and recorded by numerous artists.

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.