 Genius Lyrics
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Cream – SWLABR
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The title stands for “She Was Like A Bearded Rainbow.” Like the songs' lyrics, it is not supposed to make much sense.
The words were written by Pete Brown, a poet who was friends
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Cream – SWLABR (BBC Sessions)
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Comin' to me in the morning, leavin' me at night / Comin' to me in the morning, leavin' me alone / You've got that rainbow feel / But the rainbow has a beard / Runnin' to me a-
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Cream – Politician (BBC Sessions)
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Hey now baby, get into my big black car / Hey now baby, get into my big black car / I just want to show you what my politics are / I'm a political man and i practice what i preach
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Cream – Tales of Brave Ulysses (BBC Sessions)
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You thought the leaden winter would bring you down forever / So you traveled on a steamer to the violence of the sun / And the colors of the sea blind your eye with trembling
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Cream – Strange Brew
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The 1967 hit (#17 in the UK) was a remake of an older song performed by the cream, “Lawdy Mama” – a Blues song originally recorded by Buddy Moss in 1934.
From the Cream’s second
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Cream – Born Under a Bad Sign (BBC Sessions)
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Born under a bad sign / I've been down since I began to crawl / If it wasn't for bad luck / I wouldn't have no luck at all / Bad luck and trouble is my only friend / I've been down
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Cream – Lawdy Mama (BBC Sessions)
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Wanna go out, baby, too late at night / Lawdy mama, no need to worry / Wanna go out, baby, too late at night / I got a real funny feelin' / You don't wanna treat your daddy right
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Cream – Sunshine of Your Love
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Jack Bruce’s bass line carries the song. He got the idea for it after going to a Jimi Hendrix concert. When Kees van Wee interviewed Bruce in 2003 for the Dutch magazine Heaven
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Cream – Tales of Brave Ulysses
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This song’s lyrics were not written by Cream, but by a guy named Martin Sharp. Clapton matched it to the music from a song he was already working on.
The lyrics refer to Ulysses
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Cream – Take It Back (BBC Sessions)
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Take it back, take it back / Take that thing right out of here / Right away, far away / Take that thing right out of here / Don't let them take me to where streams are red / I want
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Cream – World of Pain
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[Verse 1] / Outside my window is a tree / Outside my window is a tree / There only for me / [Chorus] / And it stands in the grey of the city / No time for pity / For the tree or me
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Cream – Dance the Night Away
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[Verse 1] / Gonna build myself a castle / High up in the clouds / There'll be skies outside my window / Lose these streets and crowds / [Chorus] / Dance the night away / [Verse 2
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Cream – Outside Woman Blues
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This is a cover song by Cream, arranged by Eric Clapton, and released on their 1967 album Disraeli Gears. The original performer was Blind Joe Reynolds, a blues musician from
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Cream – Take It Back
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Take It Back is the tenth track on Cream’s second studio album, Disreali Gears. It features Jack Bruce on lead vocals, Eric Clapton on lead guitar, and Ginger Baker on drums. The
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Cream – Mother's Lament
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[Intro] / Are we rollin'? A-one, a-two, a-three, a-four... / [Verse] / A mother was washing her baby one night / The youngest of ten and a delicate mite / The mother was poor, and
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Cream – Blue Condition
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[Verse 1] / Don't take the wrong direction passing through / Instead of deep reflection of what's true / For it's a combination of judgments made by you / That cause a deep
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Cream – We're Going Wrong
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[Verse 1] / Please open your eyes / Try to realise / [Chorus] / I found out today / We're going wrong / We're going wrong / [Verse 2] / Please open your mind / See what you can
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