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BECAUSE THE WIND BLOWS

from MONOGRAM [Digitally Remastered] by The Santairs

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I have a few Christian friends (musicians) who have told me I write some pretty catchy songs and wondered if I could or would write a religious or spiritual tune, like Christian Rock or something. This was my half ass attempt at something like that, but I don't have the calling or the feel to write this style or kind of music and I felt it came off as fraudulent. My first two drafts just didn't do it for me, so I shelved it for a couple decades. When it came time to record it, I decided to do a minor re-write and make it fit with my feelings and my reality of things as I know it.

This is song #244.

Recorded at The CELL BLOCK Studio in Auburn, WA.

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I WATCH THE NIGHT AS IT PASSES AWAY,
BLESSING THE LORD BEFORE THE NEW DAY.
GIVE ME PEACE FOR THE PEOPLE, I PRAY,
TO START ANEW, IS WHAT I SAY. THAT IS THE WAY.

THE MOON IS FULL AND FILLS THE NIGHT.
DARKNESS DEFEATED BY THE LIGHT.
I YEARN FOR LOVE AND I SEEK THE TRUTH.
NAIVETE OF MY YOUTH IS NO EXCUSE.

BECAUSE THE RAIN IS GONE,
IT DOESN'T MEAN THE SKIES ARE BLUE.
BECAUSE THE WIND BLOWS,
IT DOESN'T MEAN I LOVE YOU, BUT I DO.

AS A CHILD, I LOVED THE GOD ABOVE,
BUT AS A MAN, IT'S THE WOMAN I LOVE.
I SING FOR JOY AND AM THANKFUL TO BE
IN LOVE WITH YOU, AND YOU LOVE ME. THAT'S WHAT I SEE.

I'M SO CONFUSED AND CONFESS TO BE
A MAN I'M NOT THAT OTHERS SEE.
AS A BOY, I TRIED NOT TO LIE,
BUT NOW A MAN, I SWALLOW MY PRIDE. I WONDER WHY.

AND SHE SAYS, "BECAUSE THE RAIN IS GONE,
IT DOESN'T MEAN THE SKIES ARE BLUE.
BECAUSE THE WIND BLOWS,
IT DOESN'T MEAN I LOVE YOU, BUT I DO."

I SEARCH WITHIN TO NOT BE A FRAUD;
A LIFE OF MAN OR A MAN OF GOD?
YET I KNOW THAT I MUST CHOOSE,
AS I KNOW THAT I CAN'T LOSE, 'CAUSE I LOVE YOU.

AND WE SAY, "BECAUSE THE RAIN IS GONE,
IT DOESN'T MEAN THE SKIES ARE BLUE.
BECAUSE THE WIND BLOWS,
IT DOESN'T MEAN I LOVE YOU, BUT I DO."

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from MONOGRAM [Digitally Remastered], released July 29, 2017
Wayde K. Brown

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The Santairs Auburn, Washington

I am a musician, singer, and songwriter doing this part-time but have been doing it all my life. I started singing before I could talk at the age of one, and wrote my first real song at 15 years of age. (If you count avant-garde as a song, then the age would be 7.) I currently own my own recording studio; and I write, perform, and record my own music (and other's from time to time.) I am Santairs. ... more

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