Gates, David - Suite: Clouds, Rain Lyrics






See the clouds adrift so far below
Everchanging as they come and go
Makes me wonder why I'm up so high
When really I am down so low

Of all the wonders I was one allowed
I think that I would always choose a cloud
Always brings my feelings right out loud
Whether I'm ashamed or proud

On this airplane comin' home to you
Sometimes I think I've flown my whole life through
My whole life...through
As I wing my way to you

See the clouds they're giving life below
In colors that the canvas cannot show
Keeping secrets no one else could know
For I'm the one who told them so

Now and then I get up close to you
I'd like to stay but I'm just passing through
So I'll have to say goodbye
Until next time I fly

Make my bed-light the light
Comin' in on the midnight flight
Touch the ground and soon you will be
Safe inside reality

Change your mind-change your name
Still the music it sounds the same

Rainfall don't bother me at all
You see the world reflected in the highway
Come on rainbow-I can't let you go
Before I reach the end of you someway

So the next time raindrops fall
If it makes you climb the walls just think of green





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  1. e.... t....

    This song has a Beach Boys feel to it.

  2. A.... B....

    Yes reminds me of so many nostalgic memories

  3. A.... D....

    Beautiful song and awesome voice. I heard it in the 70's on the radio.

  4. J.... S....

    From his 1973 album “First”.

  5. M.... R....

    Back in 1973, the radio only played an abbreviated version of this masterpiece song; and, it never got the airplay it deserved.

  6. C.... B....

    One of the very best song intros::sad,,divine,almost like walking in the clouds

  7. D.... O....

    Para aquellos q saben apreciar la magia de la musica... alli una obra maestra!!!!!

  8. R.... J....

    When I want to collect my thoughts from time to time I think of this song and how beautiful it is. David Gates voice perfectly compliments the orchestral arrangement along with the piano that has a melancholy feel to it. Indeed Clouds and Rain is a masterpiece as it neither dates and after 40 years still sounds relevant.

  9. S.... ....

    Hey @gadelamir dianala would you mind if I take the cloud video sequence for a song I did?

  10. A.... H....

    Most beautiful song ever recorded. Beauty at its best.

  11. T.... F....

    Such A Beautiful song David Gates is so gifted

  12. C.... S....

    The Saint & Genius Jazz Guitarist Never Go Back To Sheryl Crow Because I'm Real Christian Sibbald No Cost!

  13. W.... B....

    Utterly exquisite. Thank you, David.

  14. S.... ....

    It’s a puffy white cloud day and I just needed to hear this crazy beautiful song

  15. m.... p....

    Master Piece, one of my favorites

    m.... p....

    Same here! 😊

  16. J.... P....

    This song I remember from 1970s!! Crazy how beautiful it was to me back then. Now it only brings sadness since i lost my daughter

  17. Z.... Z....

    David Gates is Godsent ...God must have sent him for one purpose... just to make songs that people would cherish forever

  18. P.... D....

    one of my favorite song

  19. K.... G....

    Only Joanie........knows

  20. K.... G....

    I remember coming back from Rota Spain on a C5A ......looking down on America at age 22

  21. K.... G....

    laying at the community pool at Pine Forest..........looking at the Clouds

  22. A.... H....

    Having worked in aviation, both as a controller and later as an airline pilot, I can fully identify myself with this beautiful sing.

    A.... H....

    cloud surfing

  23. J.... R....

    this song ..no wait it's not a song its a musical orgasm reminds when i was a young kid who listens to a fairytale told by my father or mother... that feeling i had when i first listened this beautiful piece of music

  24. P.... D....

    This song is so beautiful

  25. S.... A....

    icon masterpiece david gates from danny

  26. P.... W....

    The year is 2018 I am 32 years old I have never heard this before yesterday.It is the most sad uplifting joyous song I have heard . How have I never heard it before

    P.... W....

    It was first released in the 70s. Only heard it 2 or 3 times. If it wasn't for utube, it would have been lost to me forever. Thank you Jesus!

  27. P.... H....

    Inderdaad een meesterwerk. Ik kende het niet en hoorde het bij verrassing op de radio.

  28. 3.... ....

    I agree: a piece of art.

  29. f.... ....

    How is it possible that I never heard this song before or even heard of this artist? I guess it's slightly before my time, but still I've lived 37 years in ignorance.

    f.... ....

    Not ignorant!!! Just maybe a bit younger at the time? I am 58 and the youngest. If it hadn't been for my older sister and her leaving me this Album when she moved out....maybe I would not have known.

  30. S.... R....

    Es una obra maestra 👏👏👏

  31. C.... T....

    Thank you David Gates

  32. C.... S....

    I shared this Video Album 40 Years ago Christian Sibbald 1-9-2018

  33. c.... m....

    esta melodía de David Gates es un remanso para los,sentidos espectacular es una obra maestra musical

  34. N.... O....

    I hasta iook be ... how ti no

  35. A.... B....

    ..., alla por el año 1973 cuando acudia a la prepa, tiempos en subia el volumen del estereo de auto al compas de este track, tenia quince año, ahora sexagenario buenas epocas !!

  36. J.... R....

    Quite simply the great mans magnum opus.

  37. j.... v....

    Tengo el vinilo de la época.

  38. C.... T....

    Amo esta canción. Es una de mis favoritas de la vida.

  39. J.... C....

    Très belle mélodie.J'adore!

    J.... C....

    C´est encore une de mes mélodies préferés!

  40. M.... A....

    Esto es mucho más que una simple canción.

  41. S.... R....

    Great memories

  42. M.... M....

    Contigo SS

  43. G.... L....

    Suite clouds & rain brings me back to the 70,s

    G.... L....

    Excelente canción. Una obra de arte.

  44. R.... R....

    Ça ne date pas d'hier.. mais ça me rappelle mon premier amour.. genre 1979- 1980... toujours belle pièce en 2017.. immortelle et inconnue.. tristement

  45. R.... D....

    LA POLITICA MUEVE A LA GUERRA... EN CAMBIO LA MÚSICA UNE A TODO EL MUNDO QUE AMA Y SIENTE LA MÚSICA.

  46. R.... D....

    ESTO ES MUSICA TREMENDA CANCION INOLVIDABLE LA CUAL PERDURARÁ POR SIEMPRE...no como la BASURA DE regeton cumbias y bachatas.

  47. r.... s....

    Always a good one!

  48. s.... s....

    Though they were a great band, was never a fan of Bread, but something about Mr. Gates solo stuff, certainly struck a chord  with me, and I'll always regret not being able to see him in Liverpool, some years ago!

  49. P.... C....

    Realmente hermosa canción!! 😘

  50. r.... s....

    ON A WING AND A PRAYER?...coming back?????????????/

  51. T.... L....

    This is sooo beautiful xxxx tears are falling...

  52. t.... b....

    *im 16....i like old music ..but this is a piece of art...*

    t.... b....

    yes indeed u r right

    t.... b....

    So good to see young lassies that still appreciate good music, all the young girls around here have really poor taste

    t.... b....

    I am always heartened when people of your generation, explore cross generational music and respond in the way you have. Music is timeless and I like to listen to music centuries old, as well as what is being made now. There is hope for music when people like you explore the amazing stuff out there, beyond the limits of Ariana and Kanye. I think that music, such as this, will be played and loved, when A and K are long forgotten......

    t.... b....

    Donde vengo a encontrar un post de esta mina XD

  53. I.... D....

    how I love the rain...the lyrics, the music! just from a very talented person...songs that touches the heart! omg...david gates, no other:-)

    I.... D....

    Thanks Stephen for this one... Just love it

  54. D.... C....

    Gates sure knew how to tug at the heart strings in a way Griffin rarely could. Beautiful words and melody, and an emotional rollercoaster!

  55. r.... ....

    This song...... its breath taking ... its a masterpiace.... It makes me sad... i Wish i could share this whit the world.... i mean.. i know that, taste in music is subjective..... but still... how can you not like this song.... its epic...

    r.... ....

    It is one of these songs you never forget! Even now, more than forty years after bring me to tears!

    r.... ....

    Me pasa lo mismo....

    r.... ....

    I just now rmemever this song. It is liquid nostalgia floating inside my head.
    If I ever make a movie and or video game, I will put in this track in its full glory.

    r.... ....

    @Ximena Castro Does your comment mean in English: "The same for me too"? Me, too!

  56. A.... M....

    Clouds are not waters dumbass.
    What will happen to the waters, to the clouds when they form heavily in the sky but no rain and disappear? go to the "vacuum, if they have not fallen as rain?

    Clouds are not known my dumbass!!!!!

  57. D.... M....

    ...y hoy regeton.Que decadencia!!!!

    D.... M....

    tan cierto , como llegamos a esto

  58. L.... M....

    Tenía que ser David Gates.

  59. r.... p....

    dag car see you in heaven

  60. B.... ....

    Shit. I use to listen to this in my first car on a 8track some 40 years ago...i'm in fucking tears.

  61. J.... M....

    RADIO EQUINOCCIO DE PUERTO MONTT

  62. J.... M....

    bellísimo!!

  63. A.... H....

    I love this song. Ken Bruce played it sometime ago on Radio 2. It's so dreamy, takes me back to my younger days. David Gates is such a great artist.

  64. A.... d....

    After decades, this song is so....beautifull, I love it so much David Gates thank you for it. It means so much to me, allways....

  65. J.... G....

    Excelente tema.

  66. Z.... ....

    The section that is so mesmerizing for me comes from 4:54 to 5:36. One of those moments I'll never forget is flying back from upstate New York to Gainesville, Florida after interviewing for my first full time teaching job, humming this song to myself as we made our landing approach, coming back to my then girlfriend (now deceased). That was 1977.....

    Z.... ....

    Zeppolino100 awe!! So many memories back in this day!! At least we still feel alive!! Love David Gates I was 12 when this beautiful David Gates " aka" Bread came out! Incredibly beautiful!!

    Z.... ....

    Zeppolino100 give a date?? I was 12 ,1972 right??

    Z.... ....

    That's one of my favorite spots too, but the song has so many great sections. I think this is his masterpiece.

    Z.... ....

    absolutely right

    Z.... ....

    @Jennifer Puhl I was 20 in 1972. :-)

  67. K.... 1....

    i had thinking about Dessert Inn at Riyadh when listen this song so home sick in winter caused worked there as waiter. Chaiyot P.

  68. P.... M....

    temazo !!...realmente una excelente composición..!

  69. L.... ....

    Love this tune but makes me want to cry...

    L.... ....

    Lemmy905 as always...it is the most beautiful ever

    L.... ....

    Its like the personification of nostalgia and bottesweet music endings.

  70. L.... G....

    you make my day some times we look for something good in this times , I m fan of BREAD and 62 yaears oldddddddd. KEEPET FIGHTING for understending in this side of the BLUEMARBEL.

  71. L.... ....

    Nog altijd zo mooi....

  72. A.... s....

    Obra maestra de la música. Extrémese de verdad, melodía más bonita y memorable. Una joya de la música de los 70s

    A.... s....

    Ruben alfonso genial !,lo mejor de los años 70'.

  73. M.... S....

    i sooo love this song! i feel am adrift the clouds when listening to it.. one of the best of david gates.. he sings with his heart.

    M.... S....

    The feeling is mutual

  74. A.... R....

    que recuerdos..mi primer amor...mi primera relacion...ufff solo tenia 16

  75. f.... l....

    uff que temazoo !! gracias

  76. M.... L....

    Que hermoso cuantos recuerdos vuelven a mi mente

    M.... L....

    ASI ES MARIA LOPEZ...POR SIEMPRE ESTARA ESTA HERMOZA CANCION.

  77. P.... M....

    Demasiado intenso, tantos recuerdos. ....

  78. a.... r....

    A truly WONDERFUL songwriter. Dave, I'm up for a beer if you are!

    a.... r....

    anthony rooke me too

    a.... r....

    anthony rooke ...thanks God, Dave is still alive...he was born on december 1940. For me...one of the best songwriter.

    a.... r....

    Alvaro Chain
    He really is! His sense of melody is up there with Lennon and McCartney. He was better without James Griffin, IMHO.

    a.... r....

    Dave Cochrane 100% agree with you!!!!

  79. K.... M....

    Esta en algun momento...en una hermosa parte de nuestras vidas...sí fue nuestra canción...gracias por ese video...y por todo...

  80. J.... ....

    When I was in college I played this a million times and it is still one of my all time favorites!

    J.... ....

    +JohnNiemsMusic JohnNiemsMusic, I know who he is ,However, this song just has a sort of meaning in my life and I'm sure you can understand that

    J.... ....

    +Jennifer Puhl How old are dude?

    J.... ....

    I am 64 as I had my birthday last week on May 6th! www.johnniems.com is my music site!

    J.... ....

    Awesome! I have a name for me from all of my friends, kinda a joke really. Racket girl. Because I love percussion and horns

    J.... ....

    Check out my video INNOCENT PEOPLE then as it has all kinds of horns on it!

  81. t.... ....

    Sounds as fresh and beautiful today as it did in 1973

    t.... ....

    so true:)

    t.... ....

    yes indeed truly refreshing iam 67 now i never never forget this masterpiece

  82. W.... v....

    zo mooi , ik heb die plaat al vanaf 1973 sloeg telkens het zingen over, naaldje stukje verder , schitterende muziek , nog steeds ......................

    W.... v....

    oh ja Willem, ik ben van 1967 en hoorde dit nummer voor het eerst toevallig op een late avond eind jaren 80 in een radioprogramma van avondsessions of zoiets op de nederlandse radio,vanaf het eerste moment vond ik het prachtig en dat geldt nog steeds.

    W.... v....

    Hangtod karon ga debati pass congress

  83. W.... v....

    when you skip the singin , bauytifull;;;;

    W.... v....

    Whatever

  84. W.... v....

    and i have anotherone , i look it up, then listen.....

  85. W.... v....

    they may play this on my funaral

    W.... v....

    Me too !

    W.... v....

    never die

    W.... v....

    randall scott burress we all leave ,just never die!! My daughter was 32 and loved this beautiful old song of mine. I took her to some many concerts when she was growing up! She left us Dec23,2017 and i am dying of course ...but i still feel her..Crazy i know however i believe! Life is too beautiful and we are not alone!! Higher creation

  86. J.... P....

    I realize I have made a few comments before but I just wanted to thank you personally because I may have never found this otherwise! Very beautiful, profound David Gates $

  87. J.... P....

    Gadelmir, thank you dearly for reminding me of this incredibly beautiful song!

  88. J.... ....

    Did he write it? I was only 13 in 73 and my sister left me this album when she moved out of the house and I fell completely in love

    J.... ....

    Yes david gates wrote this entire album

  89. J.... ....

    This song brings back so many beautiful memories of my life ....not only that..what a masterpiece David Gates..Who wrote this beautiful melody anyone?
    ..

    J.... ....

    +JennaP46 David Gates wrote it all, words and melody. I have a feeling Larry Knechtel had a hand in the piano from memory. The footage is wonderful. The song has so much meaning for me (and many others, no doubt. I bought the album when it came out. I was seventeen. I love clouds anyway, but this song reinforced that.

    J.... ....

    +pantheist spinoza Thank you, I always wondered. Such a beautiful masterpiece

  90. I.... S....

    This was from 1973.What is your CPU HS CLASS '74 reference to?Just asking. :-)

    I.... S....

    +Ian Smith this was a big hit during that time and our high school class which graduated in 1974 really loved it.. it brings back memories of those days every time we hear it being played...

    I.... S....

    +gadelamir wow,you guys are much older than I if you are talking about college in that era!But just as much this David Gates (Bread) is one of my favorites

    I.... S....

    +Jennifer Puhl not college but graduating class! oops!

  91. H.... J....

    David Gates first soloalbum came out in the year of 1973 and musican from the group The Bread backed him up. and the suite Clouds and Rain is the last track on the the first soloalbum from David Gates

    H.... J....

    Hans,you are of German descent and yes ... this is the best from that era! i too am of German descent but more so American in my older age

  92. e.... C....

    Que lindo es escuchar, esta hermosa melodía, en una noche fría y lluviosa!!! Amo esta música

    e.... C....

    Es una de esas canciones que nunca envejece y que uno escucha una y otra vez, primero como un adolescente, después como adulto y hoy como hombre ya en su plena madurez, siempre disfrutándola, saboreándola con cada nota y con cada compás!

  93. R.... F....

    David Gates and Bread never get the credit they deserve wonderful musicans there music is timeless too bad they don't preform anymore always enjoyed there music

    R.... F....

    Hi Richard, only two of the original 'Bread' band are still with us; Robb Royer & David Gates. Mike Botts, James Griffin and Larry Knechtel have all passed since 2005.

    R.... F....

    +David Crawt hey David yeah I love there music always brings me back to a wonderful time so beautiful there music

  94. J.... E....

    Great tune and beautiful video; haven't heard this one in decades--I'd forgotten how gorgeous it is. David Gates has been so underrated as a musician and he's a damn good one...

  95. m.... j....

    totally gorgeous and moving a very very pretty piece of music  pure class.

  96. l.... ....

    Utterly captivating. Thank you.

  97. J.... ....

    " I'd like to stay but I'm just passing through ... so I have to say goodbye ... until next time I flyyyy..." I'm so lucky to have known and deeply appreciate this masterwork ... It has so much highlights and if you're a musician who can appreciate dissonances the chord progression @6:30 after the a solo guitar run .... oooooooh hurt me ... that is a deep undertow ... noticeable only to a 3rd ear.

  98. S.... ....

    Utter bliss.

    S.... ....

    WONDERFUL

  99. N.... P....

    I love this música an also I got the record long time ago.....makes me remember a special period of my life.....hapiness !

    N.... P....

    thanks for your like

    N.... P....

    Norma Puccio as well here!!

    N.... P....

    I love you woman!! This to me is so and beautiful! I was only 12 😎😍🤣🤣

  100. G.... D....

    Es una da las canciones que siempre me ha gustado, desde que salio al mercado. Mi tendencia es el rock progresivo, y quizás por que David Gates integra sintetizadores fue lo que hizo que de alguna forma me gustará. Claro lo rockeros somos románticos

    G.... D....

    +Guillermo Diaz Mondragon es verdad... yo escucho from the beginng  de ELP  o matte kudasai de KC  y me resultan conmovedoras.... me costo un imposible encontrar este tema....  porque cometia el error de buscarla por Bread, o muy antes la asociaba a Elton  John.  gran error el mio...  creo aun que Elton John tiene algo compuesto asi como en suite... mas no recuerdo... de tan bueno que  son los vicios que nos provoca You Tube de buscar aquellas músicas perdidas desde la adolescencia a veces es un viaje.

    G.... D....

    Hermosos recuerdos!!!