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Faithfull, Marianne - Strange Weather (1989)
Identifier
021898
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
Strange Weather, produced by Hal Willner. The album became her most critically lauded album of the decade. The album of covers was produced by Hal Willner after the two had spent numerous weekends listening to hundreds of songs from the annals of 20th-century music. They chose to record such diverse tracks as Bob Dylan's "I'll Keep It with Mine" and "Yesterdays",
A description of the experience
Marianne Faithfull - Strange Weather (1989)
Will you take me across the channel,
London Bridge is falling down
Strange a woman tries to save
What a man will try to drown
And he's the rain that they predicted,
It's the forecast every time
The rose has died because you picked it
I believe that brandy's mine
And all over the world
Strangers
Talk only about the weather
All over the world
It's the same
It's the same
It's the same
The world is getting flatter,
The sky is falling all around
And nothing is the matter
For I never cry in town
And a love like ours, my dear,
Is best measured when it's down
And I never buy umbrellas,
For there's always one around
And all over the world
Strangers
Talk only about the weather
All over the world
It's the same
It's the same
It's the same
And you know that it's beginning,
And you know that is the end
When once again we are strangers
And the fog comes rolling in
And all over the world
Strangers
Talk only about the weather
All over the world
It's the same
It's the same
It's the same
Songwriters
KATHLEEN BRENNAN, THOMAS ALAN WAITS