Elmore James’s 1960 “The Sky Is Crying” has become a staple in the blues' culture and is considered a “blues standard”.
The song was written during a downpour while in a recording session. The result was a down-tempo, twelve bar R&B track that peaked at No. 15 on the R&B Sides chart in 1960...
The sky is crying, look at the tears roll down the street
The sky is crying, look at the tears roll down the street
I'm waiting in tears looking for my baby, and I wonder where can she be?
I saw my baby one morning, and she was walking on down the street
I saw my baby one morning, yes she walking on down the street
Made me feel so good until my poor heart would skip a beat
I got a bad feeling, my baby, my baby don't love me no more
I got a bad feeling, my baby don't love me no more
Now the sky's been crying, the tears rolling down my door
The Sky Is Crying was written by Elmore James.