Lewat suara siapa Anda mendengarkan Fire and Rain? Babyface? Dido? Bagi yang pernah melewati dekade 70-an atau tahun-tahun tak terlalu jauh setelahnya, mungkin mengenali lagu ini suara John Denver atau Willie Nelson atau tentu saja sang pemilik lagu, James Taylor. Carole King, yang sebelumnya telah bekerja sama dengan Taylor pada lagu You’ve Got A Friend, terlibat dalam permainan piano.
Yup, Fire and Rain dirilis pertama kali pada Februari 1970 lewat suara James Taylor. Ia sendiri juga yang menulis liriknya. Taylor bercerita tentang kawan masa kecilnya, Suzanne Schnerr yang mengakhiri hidupnya, dan perjuangannya membebaskan diri dari ketergantungan obat. Peristiwa kematian Schnerr terjadi saat ia berada di London, Inggris, melakukan rekaman di Apple Records untuk album pertamanya. Saat itu ia juga tengah mengalami depresi karena kegagalan dengan band yang dibentuknya. The Flying Machine. Taylor berhasil menuntaskan ini lagu saat sedang melakukan rehabilitasi untuk ketergantungannya.
Baca juga: Somewhere Over The Rainbow, Lagu Abadi
Fire and Rain rilis sebagai single untuk album keduanya, Sweet Baby James, pada Februari 1970. Tak lama setelah rilis, berhasil menjadi runner up di tangga lagu Kanada, dan berada di posisi tiga Billboard Hot 100.
Fire and Rain
Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone
Susanne the plans they made put an end to you
I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song
I just can't remember who to send it to
I've seen fire and I've seen rain
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I'd see you again
Won't you look down upon me, jesus
You've got to help me make a stand
You've just got to see me through another day
My body's aching and my time is at hand
And I won't make it any other way
Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I'd see you again
Been walking my mind to an easy time my back turned towards the sun
Lord knows when the cold wind blows it'll turn your head around
Well, there's hours of time on the telephone line to talk about things
To come
Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground
Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I'd see you, baby, one more time again, now
Thought I'd see you one more time again
There's just a few things coming my way this time around, now
Thought I'd see you, thought I'd see you fire and rain, now
Baca juga: Mark Chapman dan Peristiwa Kematian John Lennon
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