song of the day

I don't know why, but I've been jonesing on M. Ward today. Before today I had only heard one song of his on a compilation cd I have, but I really like his voice. I found an amazing version of David Bowie's Lets Dance on one of his cd's (if you're wanting to know, it's on Transfiguration of Vincent). If you can, I'd strongly recommend you check it out. I wish I knew of a way to stream it on to this blog, but I'm just not that savvy.

But the song I really like I actually heard on a commercial and tracked it down (it's the first time I've seen a song on tv and had to track it down, and I'm a little embarrassed to be so taken with anything on a commercial so I'm not going to tell you which commercial it came from. No free ads here). The song's called Here Comes the Sun Again. The words are below, but it's the combination of the words, the melody and his voice that do it for me. You can't have the one side of him. It's just not fair.

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Kingdoms and queens they all bow down to you
Ranches and ranch hands are bowing too
And I’m taking off my straw hat for you, singing
Here comes the sun again

And the leaves on the trees they all call out your name,
Chrome on the freight line shines the same,
And the stars in their cars roll their tops down for you, singing
Here comes the sun again

Oh but if you're gonna stay,
Show some mercy today
Blow that breeze on my face

Snow banks and drifts down the hillside for you
Slides inside sandy river before the day is through
And before evening falls I may find myself there too, singing
Here comes the sun again,
Here comes the sun again...