CLOUDY DAY
(Tom T. Hall)


Tom T. Hall - 1968





I never did like that apartment, it was not a place I like to be
In summertime the place was hot, in wintertime I'd sit around and freeze
I never did like that apartment, seems to me it always smelled like food
People down the hall complained because I liked to pick and sing
And anyway the rent was overdue

Cloudy day, this is my cloudy day
One for you and one for him 
One for her and one for them
This looks like a cloudy day for me

I've forgot the number of the Interstate that brought me to this town
I've been here for seven months and still I do not know my way around
Well, I'd like to find a quiet place, trouble is I don't know where it's at
I don't know which way is best, but I think I'll be headin' West
So I'll be walkin' where the land is flat

Cloudy day, this is my cloudy day
One for you and one for him 
One for her and one for them
This looks like a cloudy day for me

I've know people higher up the ladder who can always pick and choose
Anything they want to be or anyplace they go they just can't lose
It doesn't matter who you are, we all must have a cloudy day some time
Days that we can't seem to win, days when we ain't got a friend
We all have days and I guess this is mine

Cloudy day, this is my cloudy day
One for you and one for him 
One for her and one for them
This looks like a cloudy day for me
One for you and one for him 
One for her and one for them
This looks like a cloudy day for me






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2012)