Gloomy Sunday
written by: Rezso Seress
performed/covered live by: Sarah McLachlan
Lyrics
Sunday is gloomy,
My hours are slumberless,
Dearest, the shadows I live with are numberless,
Little white flowers will never awaken you
Not where the black coach of sorrow has taken you,
Angels have no thought of ever returning you,
Would they be angry if I thought of joining you,
Gloomy sunday
My hours are slumberless,
Dearest, the shadows I live with are numberless,
Little white flowers will never awaken you
Not where the black coach of sorrow has taken you,
Angels have no thought of ever returning you,
Would they be angry if I thought of joining you,
Gloomy sunday
Sunday is gloomy,
With shadows I spend it all,
My heart and I have decided to end it all,
Soon there’ll be flowers and prayers that are sad,
I know, let them not weep,
Let them know that I’m glad to go
Death is no dream,
For in death I’m caressing you,
With the last breath of my soul I’ll be blessing you,
Gloomy sunday
Dreaming, I was only dreaming,
I wake and I find you,
Asleep in the deep of, my heart dear
Darling I hope that my dream never haunted you,
My heart is telling you how much I wanted you,
Gloomy sunday
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Versions
Live: Discovery Theatre, Vancouver BC 18 October 1991
from “Rarities, B-Sides & Other Stuff”/”Drawn To The Rhythm” (single)
Track length: 4:45
from “Rarities, B-Sides & Other Stuff”/”Drawn To The Rhythm” (single)
Track length: 4:45
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Trivia/Notes
– Gloomy Sunday is a song written by Hungarian painist and composer Rezso Seress in 1933. This song has been recorded and performed by many singers, but Billie Holiday scored a hit version of it in 1941.
– A live version of Sarah’s cover for this song was put on the album Rarities, B-Sides & Other Stuff, but before that, she played it at various shows during her Solace and Fumbling Towards Ecstasy tours.
– The live version on both Rarities, B-Sides & Other Stuff and the single for Drawn To The Rhythm was recorded at: 101 CFMI, Discovery Theatre, Vancouver BC on 18 October 1991.
– A live version of Sarah’s cover for this song was put on the album Rarities, B-Sides & Other Stuff, but before that, she played it at various shows during her Solace and Fumbling Towards Ecstasy tours.
– The live version on both Rarities, B-Sides & Other Stuff and the single for Drawn To The Rhythm was recorded at: 101 CFMI, Discovery Theatre, Vancouver BC on 18 October 1991.
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