The Sky Is Crying 🌧

Features a special guest appearance by Jojje Wadenius on wah wah guitar.
Written by Reine Johansson. Produced and mixed by Fredrik Larnemo, Recordia, Varberg, Sweden. Mastered by Thomas Eberger at Stockholm Mastering.

Lyric:
THEM CATS

Black cat down the alley
A riot at the city hall
An upcoming rally
And they’re building a wall
I couldn’t care less 
‘bout the marching on the streets
I listen for your footsteps
Just tryin’ to keep the beat

Tomcat’s been missin’ 
since you went away
Prowlin’ ‘round the graveyard, 
that’s what they say
Say God cursed this city, 
say God cursed our home
It sure is a pity, 
ol’ tomcat’s gone

Rats big as cats
Satan gets his share
It’s a town of plenty
n’ evil everywhere
Adam raised a Cain
Gonna lead a better life
I’ll meet you at the train
Better bring me knife

Oh, hear them cats moan 
from the pines to the rooftops 
I hear their song
Oh, I hear them moan 
from the pines to the rooftops, 
I hear their song 

Wait a minute 
There’s blood at your door
Didn’t come to meet me
See a crowd, hear a roar
There’s a fire ‘hind the fence 
and a rope from a tree
Black cat on the branch 
looking down at me

Musicians:
Reine Johansson – vocals
Jojje Wadenius - wah wah guitar
Andreas Alm – acoustic guitar
Dag Hallberg – piano
Christian Kullberg – upright bass
Klas Assarsson – brushes
Fredrik Larnemo – additional arrangements

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Them Cats

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I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,
you were talking so brave and so sweet,
giving me head on the unmade bed,
while the limousines wait in the street.
Those were the reasons and that was New York,
we were running for the money and the flesh.
And that was called love for the workers in song
probably still is for those of them left.

Ah but you got away, didn't you babe,
you just turned your back on the crowd,
you got away, I never once heard you say,
I need you, I don't need you,
I need you, I don't need you
and all of that jiving around.

I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel
you were famous, your heart was a legend.
You told me again you preferred handsome men
but for me you would make an exception.
And clenching your fist for the ones like us
who are oppressed by the figures of beauty,
you fixed yourself, you said, "Well never mind,
we are ugly but we have the music."

And then you got away, didn't you babe...

I don't mean to suggest that I loved you the best,
I can't keep track of each fallen robin.
I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,
that's all, I don't even think of you that often.

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