The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #168142   Message #4061792
Posted By: keberoxu
27-Jun-20 - 09:18 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: vocalese: Cloudburst (Jon Hendricks)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: vocalese: Cloudburst (Jon Hendricks)
The Pointer Sisters continue trading these lines back and forth.
In the instrumental of origin,
it's a dialogue between
TRUMPET (and other brass)
and
TENOR SAX.


CLOUDBURST, continued:
Jon Hendricks, words

TRUMPET
When it's cloudy and gray
and that's the worst,
how do you get
that cloud to burst?

TENOR SAX
You gotta find a lover
find a lover
find a lover
find a lover!

TRUMPET
When it's silvery
under clouds of gray,
how you gonna chase
the gray away?

TENOR SAX
You gotta find a little girl and
make her love you a lot --
don't ever leave 'em sittin',
or you're really gonna ruin the plot!

TRUMPET
Sounds easy, does it?

TENOR SAX
/Bonnie Pointer :
Light as a breeze
through the trees, boy!

TRUMPET
How pleasant was it?

TENOR SAX
/Bonnie Pointer :
Pleasant as one summer breeze, boy!

TRUMPET
It's wonderful what a love can do --
Look at what love has done for you!

TENOR SAX
/ sisters duet :
Well, I'm a lucky lover, a lucky lover,
I've got the love you should discover!

(under COPYRIGHT, and probably ASCAP)

to be concluded
with a reprise of the CHORUS,
and one last flourish before the end.