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Written by James Taylor, performed here by Kappa Danielson
I love James Taylor....love his songs...his voice.... This song was written after he was told that an old friend (Suzanne) had committed suicide. He wasn't told right away because they thought the knowledge would upset him and interfere with his career; he was in London at the time. She did not die in a plane crash as is commonly thought. Flying Machines, mentioned near the end of the song, was a reference to James's band that was breaking up and a career that then was not going well for him. The first verse is about hearing about the death of Suzanne, the 2nd about his battle against heroin, and the third about his hospital stay for depression and drug addiction, and the major disappointments happening in his music career. The amazing thing to me is that this song is about so many dang depressing things and yet it has such a comforting feeling about it....and somehow a feeling hope that is not directly expressed but just seems to flow with the song....I love how he weaves these three different topics together as if they were one subject and really they are...the struggle against things he could not control that were tearing his world apart.
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
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Written by James Taylor, performed here by Kappa Danielson
I love James Taylor....love his songs...his voice.... This song was written after he was told that an old friend (Suzanne) had committed suicide. He wasn't told right away because they thought the knowledge would upset him and interfere with his career; he was in London at the time. She did not die in a plane crash as is commonly thought. Flying Machines, mentioned near the end of the song, was a reference to James's band that was breaking up and a career that then was not going well for him. The first verse is about hearing about the death of Suzanne, the 2nd about his battle against heroin, and the third about his hospital stay for depression and drug addiction, and the major disappointments happening in his music career. The amazing thing to me is that this song is about so many dang depressing things and yet it has such a comforting feeling about it....and somehow a feeling hope that is not directly expressed but just seems to flow with the song....I love how he weaves these three different topics together as if they were one subject and really they are...the struggle against things he could not control that were tearing his world apart.
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
