After the Rain
music by John Coltrane
words by Mike Barrett
(click title for PDF)
sax parts
The pain calls to pain
like clouds calling
gray to gray
the windows now thrown open
frame after the rain
It’s a spring refrain
circling birds on weather vanes
and light sinks down discretely
shades after the rain
Falling notes remain
when green calls out to green
and the breeze blows rubato
sways after the rain
I hear that sweet music grow
through cotton woods
and daffodils
I feel the earth
breathing in
breathing out
after the rain
Piano parts
patience is
a kind of hope
waiting
a kind of grace
forgiveness
a thought
formal
through the storm
waiting is
forgiveness
a form of grace
patience is
formal
a kind of hope
through the storm
grace is
formal feeling
a hope
forgiveness
a kind of thought
prayer is patience
through the storm
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