Into a Grey Sky Morning...

Hmm.

I'm listening to Vertical Horizon's 'Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning)', what a great song... I first learnt to play it when I was 14, and I could never sing it right. I feel so galvanised to this song because the acoustic guitar that runs throughout the songs just completes the picture so brilliantly, and I think the lyrics are simply awe-inspiring:

Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning)

So you sailed away
Into a grey sky morning
Now I'm here to stay
Love can be so boring

Nothing's quite the same now
I just say your name now

Chorus
But it's not so bad
You're only the best I ever had
You don't want me back
You're just the best I ever had

So you stole my world
Now I'm just a phony
Remembering the girl
Leaves me down and lonely

Send it in a letter
Make yourself feel better

ChorusBut it's not so bad
You're only the best I ever had
You don't need me back
You're just the best I ever had

And it may take some time to
Patch me up inside
But I can't take it so I
Run away and hide
And I may find in time that
You were always right
You're always right

So you sailed away
Into a grey sky morning
Now I'm here to stay
Love can be so boring

What was it you wanted
Could it be I'm haunted

Chorus
But it's not so bad
You're only the best I ever had
I don't want you back
You're just the best I ever had

The best I ever had
The best I ever

Well, at an early point in my guitar-playing life, I wondered to myself if i could ever write a song like that.. with such a great mood and lyrical integrity. I wonder if I'll ever get down to covering this song with Alvin... the guitars are tuned half a step down, so that means the song's in A-sharp.


Cheers,

Crawldaddy