Origins: All Right When the Mist Clears Away

Subject: Origins: All Right When the Mist Clears Away
From: Dan Schatz
Date: 04 Feb 09 - 09:50 PM

I'm looking for information about a song I recorded off of Mountain Stage 15 or more years ago. I'm not sure who sang it - it could have been Larry himself. I've been singing the song for a long time and am interested in recording it, but I don't know who the writer is, what's the proper title, and who to contact about recording it. I've never seen a reference to it anywhere else.

The chorus goes:

Just let the sunlight break through the darkness
And the night send a beautiful day
Don't let your shadows turn into mountains
You'll be all right when the mist clears away.

Does anybody know?

Dan

Subject: RE: Origins: All Right When the Mist Clears Away
From: Dan Schatz
Date: 05 Feb 09 - 09:51 PM

Really? Nobody knows anything abut this song?

Dan

Subject: RE: Origins: All Right When the Mist Clears Away
From: Amos
Date: 05 Feb 09 - 11:01 PM

Dan:

I looked all over for it and found nothing; sorry. I shoulda said something.


A

Subject: RE: Origins: All Right When the Mist Clears Away
From: Joe Offer
Date: 06 Feb 09 - 03:50 AM

I found a little bit, Dan - it's called "When the Mist Clears Away," and it's on a 1983 Larry Groce album called Medicine Man. Not listed at Harry Fox, BMI, or ASCAP.

Can you post the complete lyrics for us?

-Joe-

Subject: RE: Origins: All Right When the Mist Clears Away
From: Dan Schatz
Date: 06 Feb 09 - 10:54 AM

Thanks Joe, I'm thinking that must be the one! I'm guessing the song must be written by Larry Groce, then. These lyrics are from memory; I haven't gone back to the source recording for over a decade and and I'm kind of set in my ways about the song now. That happens to me a lot.

When the Mist Clears Away
by Larry Groce (we think)

The other morning just past the sunrise
When the mist was on the hills and all around
I saw a beautiful gray haired woman
And I rolled as I drove into town.
Well I pulled over and I asked her
If I could give her a lift upon her way.
She said, "No thank you, I'm almost home now -
I'll be all right when the mist clears away."

Chorus:
Just let the sunlight break through the darkness
And the night send a beautiful day.
Don't let your shadow turn into mountains -
You'll be all right when the mist clears away.

The other evening long past the sundown
When the neon lights were flashing in the night
I saw a young man sit on a doorstep -
That man was a beautiful sight.
His eyes were bloodshot; his hands were trembling;
I hesitated as I thought I heard him say,
"I know you lose some; you got to hope you win some
You'll be all right when the mist clears away."

Now I've been lonely and I've been angry
Sometimes I don't know just which way to turn.
And I've been lazy and I've been jealous
Sometimes, you know, I think I'll never learn.
But deep inside me if I listen
There's a tiny voice that only seems to say
Don't be mistaken - you're not forsaken
You'll be all right when the mist clears away.


Dan

Subject: RE: Origins: All Right When the Mist Clears Away
From: GUEST,Todd
Date: 06 Feb 09 - 02:03 PM

I too have been scouring the net looking for info on the writer for this song. My search led me to this thread. I remember also hearing it performed on Mt. Stage live, I remember recording it and listening to it enough to be able to play it but the last time I tried to find the tape it was missing :( . I believe you may be right that it was Larry singing it but I can't be certain.

I remember just a couple of the lines a bit differently.

In the first verse I think it might be
"on the road as I drove through the town"

In the second verse I remember it as
"That man he was a pitiful sight" instead of beautiful
and
"God I hope you win some"
Again this was many many years ago and the ol' memory may not be what it used to.

This is such a wonderful song, and everyone I've sung it for says the same. Just wish I could give credit where it's due!

Subject: RE: Origins: All Right When the Mist Clears Away
From: GUEST,musicgypsy65
Date: 16 Apr 10 - 05:14 AM

I had a tape at one time from when I did the song. I did most of it from memory after hearing it on mountain stage, back nithe day I use to record them all as not to miss a thing