This is the fifth song off of Jon Bryant’s album What Takes You. On Bryant’s Bandcamp page for the song, he said that “Evening Sun” began as a poem he wrote while on an airplane. He also said that it was never intended to be an actual song. Bryant just needed a way to express the thoughts he was hav...
[Verse 1]
All the colors of the evening sun
On your sweet face
Take me home
Like the fullness of the midnight moon
Pure and simple
I love you
So few hold the hand of faithfulness
I can't let up
Mad for you
[Chorus]
It is good to find a lover in this life
Take her to the waters and never ever leave her out to dry
But my father always sang this chord:
Set your eyes upon the Lord
Set your eyes upon the Lord
[Verse 3]
Oh the feeling when I kissed your mouth
Middle of night
Such relief
Ain't no currency to buy your heart
Pure as gold is
What reward
[Chorus]
It is good to find a lover in this life
Take her to the waters and never ever leave her out to dry
But my father always sang this chord:
Set your eyes upon the Lord
Set your eyes upon the Lord
Evening Sun was written by Jon Bryant.
Jon Bryant released Evening Sun on Thu Apr 12 2012.