James Taylor - Fire & Rain

[DudeAsInCool]

From his cd, Fire and Rain

Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone

Susanne the plans they made put an end to you

I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song

I just can't remember who to send it to

I've seen fire and I've seen rain

I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end

I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend

But I always thought that I'd see you again

Won't you look down upon me, Jesus

You've got to help me make a stand

You've just got to see me through another day

My body's aching and my time is at hand

And I won't make it any other way

Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain

I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end

I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend

But I always thought that I'd see you again

Been walking my mind to an easy time my back turned towards the sun

Lord knows when the cold wind blows it'll turn your head around

Well, there's hours of time on the telephone line to talk about things

to come

Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground

Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain

I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end

I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend

But I always thought that I'd see you, baby, one more time again, now

Thought I'd see you one more time again

There's just a few things coming my way this time around, now

Thought I'd see you, thought I'd see you fire and rain, now

Source: Lyrics365

[Redneck4sure]

My favorite song by him.

I don't have that album either.

I bought (yes, bought) his greatest hits cd yrs ago.

[rainbowdemon]

"Sweet Baby James"

Good album!!

[Redneck4sure]

I do have that album. I thought it was gone with the 500gig hard drive but I still have it.

and a dozen others by him. :happy:

[method77]

excellent

[Kooperman]

I believe Taylor wrote this song while he was in a treatment facility, having suffered a nervous breakdown (which never mixes well with a drug problem) after the failure of His group, The Flying Machine, on the Apple label. It was the lowest point of his life, a time in which he's stated that suicide crossed his mind on a frequent basis.

[Lord_of_the_Dense]

It's ok.

I think Badlands covered it. Much better.