Clouds

The Go-Betweens · 16 Lovers Lane [1988]

The clouds are here

They aren't up in the sky

I cupped them with my hands

And reached up high



I said to these clouds

"No more am I blind

I have to see straight

And that will make me unkind"



Visions of blue

I'm angry, I'm wise

And you, you're under cloudy skies



Blue air I crave, blue air I breathe

They once chopped my heart the way you chop a tree

Told to equate achievement with pain

I took their top prize and paid them back with rain



Visions of blue

I'm angry I'm wise and you

You're under cloudy skies



Blue air I crave, blue air I breathe

they once chopped my heart the way you chop a tree

Told to equate Achievement with pain

I stole their top prize and paid them back with rain



Visions of blue I'm angry I'm wise and you

You're under cloudy skies. Visions of blue

Preverse and strong and you

You're under cloudy skies

What I did once I now do everyday