Cryin' All Day
Frank Trumbauer and His Orchestra Lyrics
Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴
But all I see is a silver sky;
For in my fancy I sweep away light,
And keep my image of the sky,
Just the way we like it, you and I.
All through the day I dream about the night,
I dream about the night, Here with you.
Until the time when I'm here with you.
Down falls the sun, I run to meet you,
The evening mist melts away;
Down smiles the moon, And soon your lips recall
The kiss I dreamed of all through the day.
The song Cryin' All Day by Frank Trumbauer and His Orchestra is a ballad of longing and desire. The singer is sitting alone in the golden daylight, but instead of enjoying the beauty of the world around him, he sees only a silver sky. He lives in his own fantasy world where he can control the way things look and feel, and he keeps his image of the sky just the way he and his lover like it. The lyrics express the deep desire to be with this person, to escape the loneliness and isolation that is felt during the day when they are apart. The line "Just the way we like it, you and I" is particularly poignant because it emphasises that this is a shared longing, that they are both experiencing the same feelings and desires.
Throughout the day, the singer dreams about the night, about being with his lover. He wishes away the time until they can be together again. This is a common experience for people in love, where time seems to drag on and the wait for the next meeting seems interminable. But then, as the sun sets and the evening mist melts away, the singer runs to meet his lover. All the waiting and longing is finally rewarded, and the dream becomes a reality. The moon smiles down on them and soon their lips meet in the kiss that the singer has been dreaming of all day. The lyrics capture the intensity of the moment, the culmination of all the longing and desire expressed throughout the song.
Line by Line Meaning
I sit alone in the golden daylight,
I am alone in broad daylight.
But all I see is a silver sky;
What I see, instead of gold, is a fantasy of a silver sky.
For in my fancy I sweep away light,
I reject the light in favor of our imagined silver sky.
And keep my image of the sky,
In my mind, I maintain the image of the silver sky as we like it.
Just the way we like it, you and I.
I keep my fancy of a silver sky, which we both enjoy.
All through the day I dream about the night,
The night with you is what I always dream of throughout the day.
I dream about the night, Here with you.
I always dream of being here with you at night.
All through the day I wish away the time,
I impatiently wait for the time to pass throughout the day.
Until the time when I'm here with you.
The waiting is worthwhile because when I'm with you, it's wonderful.
Down falls the sun, I run to meet you,
As soon as the sun sets, I rush to be with you.
The evening mist melts away;
The mist fades away in the evening darkness.
Down smiles the moon, And soon your lips recall
As the moon appears, I remember our past kisses.
The kiss I dreamed of all through the day.
That kiss is what I have been thinking about all day.
Lyrics © IMAGEM MUSIC INC
Written by: JEROME KERN, OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN III
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
George Fletcher
Thank you for posting this. It's wonderful, so precise, so soulful. It's hard to imagine how talented these guys were, and how much rehearsal must have gone in.
Paleologos
When they did the final wrap on this, they must surely have felt as if the Holy Ghost had been playing alongside them! Thx for posting
Joe Carbery
What a beautifully recorded tune, particularly of the bass saxophone. The band is so relaxed! The tune (from about 0:36) is based on Tram's solo in "Singin' the Blues."
Jack Flanigan
I was about to comment something like "are they quoting 'Singin' The Blues?" You can definitely hear the resemblance.
John rowley
Wonderful
Main Account
Delightful
Main Account
Super excellent with very good interesting photo
John Whitehead
A Pleasure - Thank You
John Whitehead
pleasure - Thank you
cicero2
A nice number from Trumbauer and Bix, but the clarinet picture is of Peewee Russell?