Gentle but rhythmic acoustic guitar song, slightly unusual but danceable beat, with a rocky bit in the middle. Vocal canon in the chorus.
Cactus Juice isn't a band, it's a name for all the bits and pieces I do that don't fit into any other project. I'm a musician, not an engineer, so no apologies for the sound quality.
Check out for an earlier, totally different experience of thrashy acoustics and overdriven mandolin.
Story behind the song
A song about having itchy feet and wanting to get away.
Lyrics
WINTER OF DISCONTENT
(c) 1991 D Clee
| F+9 / / / Gsus G |
throughout
capo @ 2 or G-A
(count 6 as a slow 3)
-- G-A 3x --
-- stop --
-- Asus A --
Sun was rising when I woke up,
I warm my hands around my breakfast cup,
Drink my coffee and I'm made up.
Looks like it's gonna be another day,
Get it together I'll be on my way,
Another round in this game we play,
Take it or leave it but make it pay.
-- G-A 4x --
I'm leaving here for I don't know where,
Come and join me when I get there,
We'll raid the larder and leave it bare.
I wanna tell you that things look fine,
If I had my way they'd be yours and mine,
We'll be together for a time,
Catch you later, maybe drop you a line.
-- chorus --
This is the season of fire and cold,
It shines like gold,
Shines like gold.
This is the season of fire and cold,
It shines like gold,
Shines like gold,
Shines like...
-- G-A 4x --
The sun beats down on this dream of mine,
Could make it real if I had the time,
Guess I'm waiting for a sign.
I'm getting high on this air tonight,
No sense of fear and no sense of fright,
I reach over, I turn out the light,
The nights are warm in this city of light.
-- chorus --
This is the season of fire and cold,
It shines like gold,
Shines like gold.
This is the season of fire and cold,
It shines like gold,
Shines like gold,
Shines like...
-- G-A 3x --
-- stop --
-- Asus A --
Feels like the summer was long ago,
Another world where there ain't no snow,
Another country for me to go.
This is my winter of discontent,
I'm sat here freezing with my mind hell-bent
On moving on, yeah, I'm intent
On doing something different.
This is the season of fire and cold,
It shines like gold,
Shines like gold.
This is the season of fire and cold,
It shines like gold,
Shines like gold,
Shines like...
This is the season of fire and cold,
It shines like gold,
Shines like gold,
Shines like gold.
This is the season of fire and cold,
It shines like gold,
Shines like gold,
Shines like...
-- chorus --
-- G-A 3x --
-- stop --
