My Five

Yesterday's post asked you which five songs moved you. Here are mine.

Abide With Me
Henry F. Lyte

Abide with me; fast falls the eventide;
the darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide.
When other helpers fail and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless, O abide with me.

This one probably needs a little context. When I was a little kid, during Advent we went to church on Wednesday nights. At the end of the service, the lights were turned off and the people sang the first verse of the song without accompaniment.

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Hank Williams

Hear the lonesome whiperwill
He sounds too blue to fly
The midnight train is whining low
I'm so lonesome I could cry

I've never seen a night so long
When time goes crawling by
The moon just went behind a cloud
To hide its face and cry

Did you ever see a robin weep
When leaves begin to die
That means he's lost the will to live
I'm so lonesome I could cry

The silence of a falling star
Lights up a purple sky
And as I wonder where you are
I'm so lonesome I could cry

Days of Future Passed
Moody Blues

Not "a" song, but the album is all of a piece. One of the first concept albums.

Pictures At An Exhibition
Mussorgsky

Another beautiful album, now available on CD.


My Guitar Gently Weeps
George Harrison

I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping
While my guitar gently weeps
I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping
Still my guitar gently weeps

I don't know why nobody told you how to unfold your love
I don't know how someone controlled you
They bought and sold you.
I look at the world and I notice it's turning
While my guitar gently weeps

With every mistake we must surely be learning
Still my guitar gently weeps
I don't know how you were diverted
You were perverted too
I don't know how you were inverted
No one alerted you.

I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping
While my guitar gently weeps
Look at you all . . .
Still my guitar gently weeps.

With this song it's more the music than the words.

There's nothing here by Eric Clapton because I couldn't choose just one.