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Rhythm 10.0
Melody 10.0
Instruments 10.0
Lyrics 10.0
Vocal 9.4
This song has been reviewed 13 times. Overall score for this song, 9.9.
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Jimi Hendrix - The Wind Cries Mary Lyrics

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TitleThe Wind Cries Mary
ArtistJimi Hendrix
AlbumAre You Experienced? (US) (1967) , Track 7
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Song lyrics
After all the jacks are in their boxes
And the clowns have all gone to bed
You can hear happiness standing on down the street
Footprints dressed in red
And the wind whispers Mary

A broom is drearily sweeping
Up the broken pieces of yesterday's life
Somewhere a queen is weeping
Somewhere a king has no wife
And the wind it cries Mary

The traffic lights they turn blue tomorrow
And shine the emptyness down on my bed
The tiny island sags downstream
Cause the life that lived is dead
And the wind screams Mary

Will the wind ever remember
The names it has blown in the past, and
With its crutch, its old age, and its wisdom
It whispers no, this will be the last
And the wind cries Mary 
lyrics submitted by Angela
lyrics corrected by Mark on 04-01-2005




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18-04-2005 18:20Cookster5 is offline Cookster5 

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I agree...a truly brilliant Hendrix song...amazing lyrics...and noone else has commented on it!

07-06-2005 21:14EnterMetal22 is offline EnterMetal22 

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great song
05-07-2005 00:36Niyanna is offline Niyanna 

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Hey

I love this song, but I don`t quite get it if you know what I mean? Anyone figured it out? I have figured it out in my own way, but I need a second opinion.

01-08-2005 15:12Kinsdragon1 is offline Kinsdragon1 

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classic hendrix at its finest.
27-11-2005 01:49zeppelinrocks is offline zeppelinrocks 

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yea...this is an amazing amazing song,but it would be even more amazing if i knew what it means!! anyone want to share their interpretations?
o yea and i gave lyrics a 1 because they're so hard to interpret and nobody really knows what he is saying, so he clearly doesn't effectively get his point across.
21-12-2005 01:57drummerdude is offline drummerdude 

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well i don't know about the whole song but i found the reference in the lines " after all the jacks are in their boxes and the clownshave all gone to bed" it refers to the image shown on bbc after they sign off for the night, a clown and a girl holding a jack in the box ( thats britan for ya) britain is where he lived, and he wrote this song after an argument one night. thats all i know. one thing many people don't realize is that jimi has an absolutely amazing drummer, mitch mitchell, he's kinda shadowed out by the guitar work
19-01-2006 01:40xxPaperwingsxx is offline xxPaperwingsxx 

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What you people aren't doing is you aren't praising Jimi Hendrix for his AMAZING guitar skills. Not only did he teach himself but his guitar//lyrics//everything about him was so influential to all guitar players, such as myself.
06-02-2006 06:07MCR_lovr is offline MCR_lovr 

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my fave hendrix song, he's amazing.
07-02-2006 02:32angel_come_down is offline angel_come_down 

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My Goodness!! Lyrics aren't meant to be interpreted the same way by everyone!!
And no one will ever really know what Jimi meant, because he thought of it!!
So anyways, this song is great! I love Jimi's... EVERYTHING!
07-02-2006 03:10FoNT is offline FoNT 

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nowhere near my favourite hendrix song, but imo definitely his best vocally.
22-02-2006 18:29Loberman is offline Loberman 

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Amazing, Truthfully Amazing. I love Everything he has done, and yes this has got to be one of his best. What a great guitarest. Rest Well Jimi, Rest Well
PS Amazing Rif Eh
Doo Doo Doo, Whchic Wow, Doo Doo Doo
22-02-2006 18:30Matt_Metal is offline Matt_Metal 

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This is without a doubt, one of my favorite Hendrix songs.
14-08-2006 02:06leeseyxox is offline leeseyxox 

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i love this song. i dont really get what it means but hey it is amazing and no one could ever to anything like it. jimi was so rare. i love him haha . this song is pretty amazing.


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20-09-2006 00:23Dave1 is offline Dave1 

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this song is really great, and what he is saying is that he is lonely, i mean he was a sexual addict, something alot of pople don't know, he had like 8 girlfriedns, but its just showing how sad he is, he never found a women for himself, i think that he really wanted to find some one to love and this song is tring to show that. RIP Jimi


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