A Lovely Day

Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson - “A Lovely Day”
[Vocals/Written By/Producer: Gil Scott-Heron]
[Producer/Keyboards/Vocals: Brian Jackson]
[Producer: The Midnight Band]
[Vocals/Bells/Tambourine: Victor Brown]
[Bass Guitar: Danny Bowens]
[Congas: Eddie Knowles]
[Congas/Chinese Drum: Charlie Saunders]
[Congas/Shaker/Djembe: Barnett Williams]
[Drums: Bob Adams]
[Harmonica/Flute/Saxophone: Bilal Sunni-Ali]

[Intro: Gil Scott-Heron]
One, two, three, four. Smile

[Verse 1: Gil Scott-Heron]
It’s on a clear spring morning, there’s not a
Cloud in the sky
And it’s got me out here walking and waving to the ladies
As they stroll by, and I
Ain’t forgot for a moment all the things
I need to do, but when I
See that old sun shining, it makes me think that I can
Make it too, yes, and
All I really wanna say is that the
Problems come and go, but the sunshine
Seems to stay
And just look around
I think we’ve found a
A lovely day

[Verse 2: Gil Scott-Heron]
The flowers woke up blooming and put on a color show
Just for me—I appreciate it
The shadows dark and gloomy, I told them all to keep
The hell away from me because I
Don’t feel like believing everything I do gon’
Turn out wrong a-when vi-
-brations I’m receiving say, “Hold on, brother, just
You be strong,” yes, and
All I really wanna say is that the
Problems come and go, but the sunshine
Seems to stay, hey
Just look around
I think we’ve found a
A lovely day

[Verse 3: Gil Scott-Heron]
Sometimes it rains, and I
Feel kind of strange because it
Seems like my problems begin without the
Sunshine on which I depend, and
All that make me feel like I need to hear the
Sun say is: hey, just look around
I think we’ve found a
A lovely day, I think we’ve
Found a lovely day
I think we’ve found a lovely
Lovely—don’t it feel like a lovely
Day