White Room
Cream · Icon [2011]
Blackroof country, no gold pavements, tired starlings.
Silver horses run down moonbeams in your dark eyes.
Dawnlight smiles on you leaving, my contentment.
I'll wait in this place where the sun never shines;
Wait in this place where the shadows run from themselves.
You said no strings could secure you at the station.
Platform ticket, restless diesels, goodbye windows.
I walked into such a sad time at the station.
As I walked out, felt my own need just beginning.
I'll wait in the queue when the trains come back;
Lie with you where the shadows run from themselves.
At the party she was kindest in the hard crowd.
Consolation for the old wound now forgotten.
Yellow tigers crouched in jungles in her dark eyes.
She's just dressing, goodbye windows, tired starlings.
I'll sleep in this place with the lonely crowd;
Lie in the dark where the shadows run from themselves.
White Room - Cream
Cream's 'White Room' stands as a pivotal recording in the history of psychedelic rock, originally released on their 1966 debut album *Disraeli Gears*. The track features the band's signature blend of blues-inflected guitar work and improvisational energy, driven by Eric Clapton's virtuosic soloing and the distinctive vocal harmonies of Jack Bruce. While the song has been widely reissued in various compilations and remasters over the decades, its core identity remains tied to the band's early exploration of the British blues revival. The composition captures the raw, electric atmosphere of the era, influencing countless subsequent artists who sought to merge rock energy with the emotional depth of traditional blues structures. It remains a definitive example of the genre's evolution during the mid-1960s.