Stormy Monday
Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughan Lyrics
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They call it stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad
Lord and Wednesday's worse, Thursday's oh so sad
The eagle flies on Friday, Saturday I go out to play
The eagle flies on Friday, Saturday I go out to play
Lord have mercy, lord have mercy on me
Lord have mercy, lord have mercy on me
You know I tryin', tryin' to find my baby
Please send her on home to me
The lyrics of "Stormy Monday" by Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughan convey the endless cycle of despair and hardship that plagues the singer's everyday life. Although people typically view Monday as the worst day of the week, the singer strongly disagrees. In his opinion, the bad luck doesn't end with Monday. Tuesday is equally distressing, Wednesday is worse, and Thursday is just plain depressing. Despite efforts to make the best of the situation, the weekend only provides temporary ease from the singer's troubles. On Friday, the eagle flies, on Saturday he goes out to play, but come Sunday, he's back in church, praying to the Lord for mercy and guidance.
Overall, the song is about the constant struggle of trying to navigate through life's hardships with little to no respite or salvation. In every verse, the singer laments over his lack of ability to find solace and begs for the strength to carry on. His only wish is for his baby to come back to him, to alleviate some of the burden weighing him down.
Line by Line Meaning
They call it stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad
Even if Monday is stormy, Tuesday is equally terrible.
Lord and Wednesday's worse, Thursday's oh so sad
Wednesday is the worst, and Thursday's very sorrowful.
The eagle flies on Friday, Saturday I go out to play
Friday is the day of progress, and Saturday is for leisure activities.
Sunday I go to church, I get down to pray
Sunday is for going to church and praying.
Lord have mercy, lord have mercy on me
Asking for mercy from the Lord.
You know I tryin', tryin' to find my baby
Desperately trying to find the beloved one.
Please send her on home to me
Requesting to send the loved one back home.
Contributed by Colton E. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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A great debate once raged in heaven. It was over a most beautiful and precious new soul that God had created. The angels debated what should be done with this soul. One group of angels demanded that this soul remain in heaven. "He is too pure, too holy to face the ugliness of the lowly world," they said. "Who knows what will happen to him in a world of temptation and evil. This soul must stay with us here."
But the other group of angels said the exact opposite: "Indeed this soul glows with a unique divine glow. But for that very reason he must go down to earth. For imagine the beauty and goodness this soul can bring to a dark world. What good is there in keeping such a soul in heaven? Let him descend to earth and shine his light there."
And so they argued back and forth, each side unshakable in their view. Until it became clear that they could not resolve the issue themselves, they needed a Higher Authority. The case was brought before God Almighty. The angels stated their arguments before the heavenly court. God listened to the two opinions -the first group of angels arguing that this unspoiled soul is too holy to be plunged into the lowly world, the second countering that the world needs such souls more than anything.
And this was God's response:
"Indeed, it is sad to send such an immaculate soul into such a dark world. But this is My will. I only created darkness so souls like this one can transform darkness into light. The whole purpose of creation was that the lowly world be refined by the good deeds of mortal human beings. This cannot be achieved by souls in heaven. It can only be achieved through souls in bodies. And so even this most perfect and pure soul must descend to earth."
The first group of angels, who requested for the soul to remain in heaven, were disappointed. They couldn't fathom how such a spiritual being could be expected to survive such a physical world. God turned to them and said, "As for your request to keep this soul up here, I will grant it partially. Though he must leave us and go down to earth, it will not be long before he will return to us. His time on earth will be brief. Such a brilliant soul will not need long to fulfil his mission. Soon he will be free to come back to heaven."
God then turned to the second group and asked, "Are you satisfied with that? Do you accept that this soul can only be on earth for a limited time?"
The angels replied, "Yes we do. Every day that Stevie Ray is on earth is a blessing."
When a loved one passes away, we feel we have lost something precious. We are left with a gaping hole in our heart, and we often wonder why they were taken away from us. But at the same time we can be grateful for the very fact that they were given to us in the first place. We are blessed to have such beautiful souls in our lives. The world is privileged to have such heavenly guests come down on earth. And even if it can only be for a short while, we will take whatever we can get.
In time all souls will be reunited. In the meantime, let us be thankful for the gift of every day.
@karlburris4587
The bass player and drummer are smooth as glass and compliment these 2 great artists. It doesn't get any better than this.,.
@Jp-hv9zj
Man this beautiful musicianship is sorely missed these days..shout out to that amazing rhythm section.
@donnacsrpenter7226
If ur having a shitty day, listen to this,make u smile EVERYTIME
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@hellhound551
The great thing about Stevie Ray was that he stayed humble and gave a lot of the credit for his knowledge of the blues to the greats that he watched and idolized..like Albert and BB king and many others. If you listen close to how he plays...you can hear the influence of those old blues men in his style. It doesn't get any better than this...very cool
@green323turbo
Albert sounds better for sure.
@Lionheart5977
@@green323turbo soooo , you came to that conclusion after one song? Ask Akbert, he knew what Stevie brings...😎🤘