Story Behind The Song

When I was a boy I did use to collect fireflies and to watch the clouds across the skies.

Song Description

About growing up, being young. About the thigs that really matter in life.

Lyrics

Clouds and Skies
Words and Music by
Xavier Calvera

When I was a little guy
I used to have a place to watch the skies
Into the blue my mind would wonder
riding clouds as they went by
And at night I collected fireflies
filled a jar with them, they were so bright
They'd light my way as I go yonder
to my place to watch the sky.

And the moon was silver-white so bright
I loved those clouds across the darkened skies
And I guess my sense of wonder/
comes from watching clouds and skies.
And I've done it through my years of life
Riding clouds across the sky of blue
Some men they go for plunder
I watch the clouds across the skies.

Through the years I've lost a step or two
The knocks of life they often make you lose
But I still have my especial place /
to watch the clouds across the blue

And the moon is silver-white so bright
I love those clouds across the darkened skies
And I know my sense of wonder
comes from watching clouds and skies.
And I've done it through my years of life /
Riding clouds across the sky of blue
Some men they go for plunder
I watch the clouds across the skies.
So many things that we don't know in life /
If we go on beyond or only die
But if we don't I'm thankful anyway
for watching clouds across the skies.

C 2003 Lord Tiger