Hey Blue Rodeo Fans,
This MMM is from Margaret Truskolaski, from the super cool FB group Blue Rodeo Crazies, 5,500+ strong! Here's Margaret...
The official video for Sad Nights
Here's Jim telling the story of, and singing Sad Nights, in 2011 at the Savoy Theatre in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia...
Jim: “Years ago when we lived in New York, my wife was going to acting school, Greg and I were trying to get a band together, and this was, uh, this was before my wife and I got married. And you really think, I don’t know why our parents didn’t try to stop us, I mean, an actor and a musician? (laughter from the crowd) Just by the luck of the draw, we made it through. Anyway, this was a time she used to go work at the film festival and we lived in New York City. That was when I realized, that it was too hard to do without her, so that’s why we got married. (applause)
Jim sings:
Walked you to the corner
Stood beside the bus
And tears rolled down our faces
As the driver stared at us
Typical summer
That time of year
When you go back to Toronto
And I stay here
And I miss the way you wake up
And the way you sigh
And I miss the way you turn your head away when you cry
I don't think this time will fly
Here comes sad nights again
Here comes
Sad nights again
Around about midnight
When it's still too hot to think
We'll go back down to the neighbourhood
And get ourselves a drink
Every day working
Not getting far
No, this town ain't much for starting off
It's only made for stars
And later when I'm walking underneath the starless sky
There's a couple in a doorway
And I think I hear them cry
But they turn their heads
When I go by
Here comes sad nights again
Here comes
Sad nights again
Last days of summer
San Janelle feast
There's music hanging in the air
And dancing in the streets
People line the corners
And they stand beside the fires
And I'm watching from my window
As the sparks go by
And somewhere there's a gunshot
People scatter everywhere
And it happens every day
So there's still laughter in the air
And as I lay down
I wish you were here
And here comes sad nights again
Here comes
Sad nights again
Here comes sad nights again
Well this is a good place to sign off, it should give all of us a chance to find a box of Kleenex...
Thanks to Margaret Truskolaski for her Music Memory, and to you for dropping by.
We'll see you down the road...
Dave Brinton, True Rodeo.
Sources: Margaret Truskolaski, Youtube, and other sites as linked.