Judith Owen FFS! Live “Happy This Way" part 3 - September 23, 2020

‘Happy This Way’ #3 and finally the clouds part and I see the sun! Fiji revisited, working with the remarkable arranger Robert Kirby and learning to bare & share the load of life, are the stories behind ‘Dark Clouds’, ‘Island Wind’ & ‘Carry’. J💕



DARK CLOUDS
(words & music by Judith Owen 2007)

DARK CLOUDS..
YOU'VE BEEN HERE SUCH A LONG TIME
WHAT NOW..
NOW THAT MY MIND FEELS SO CLEAR AND

ALL THOSE WORRIES
AND MISGIVINGS
ONLY KEPT ME FROM THE LIVING
CLUTTERED MIND WITH THOUGHTS UNNERVING
MADE ME FEEL SO UNDESERVING
(of happiness)

DARK CLOUDS..
LOOK WHO'S HAPPY NOW
DARK CLOUDS..
GUESS WHO'S SMILING NOW
I REALLY THINK
IT MIGHT BE ME!

WHO SAYS
YOU ONLY GET ONE CHANCE IN THIS LIFE
FEELS LIKE SOMEONE'S GIVEN ME MY SIGHT BACK

ALL THOSE WORRIES
AND MISGIVINGS
ONLY KEEP ME FROM THE LIVING
CLUTTERED MIND WITH THOUGHTS UNNERVING
MADE ME FEEL SO UNDESERVING
(of any love)

DARK CLOUDS..
LOOK WHO'S HAPPY NOW
DARK CLOUDS..
GUESS WHO'S SMILING NOW
I REALLY THINK
IT MIGHT BE ME!


CARRY
(words & music by Judith Owen 2007)

I WOULDN'T HAVE TO WONDER
I WOULDN'T HAVE TO WONDER SO MUCH
NO I WOULDN'T HAVE TO WONDER
WONDER WHEN THE ROAD GOT SO ROUGH

IF YOU'D JUST CARRY
WHY D'YOU HAVE TO MAKE LIFE SO HARD
HELP ME CARRY
CARRY THIS LOVE, BEFORE IT FALLS APART


THEN I WOULDN'T HAVE TO WONDER
I WOULDN'T HAVE TO WONDER
AT ALL


(AND) I WOULDN'T HAVE TO WONDER
I WOULDN'T HAVE TO WONDER EACH TIME
I WOULDN'T HAVE TO WONDER
JUST WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT DARK MIND OF YOURS

IF YOU'D JUST CARRY
WHY D'YOU HAVE TO MAKE LIFE SO HARD
HELP ME CARRY
CARRY THIS LOVE, BEFORE IT FALLS APART

THEN I WOULDN'T HAVE TO WONDER
I WOULDN'T HAVE TO WONDER
AT ALL

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