I Need Some Comfort Now

I NEED SOME COMFORT NOW

©Trev Teasdel, Coventry August 1970 

The rain falls upon the corrugated rooftops,

Rebounds in a new lease of life

Dies in the gutter, flows down the drain.

I’m sittin’ alone

Hands to my chin

Thinking of how

I need some comfort now.

Is that the sun I see

Peeping from behind a cloud?

Come into my room,

Lie on my bed, swim in my mind.

I’m sitting alone

Hands to my chin

Thinking of how

I need some comfort now.

Watching from the window

I see the buildings shiver,

Stamping their feet,

Shake and look to the sky.

I’m sitting alone

Hands to my chin

Thinking of how

I need some comfort now.

The tears fall on the paper on my lap

Reflecting my inner-strife,

The sighs and the mutter,

Grow with the pain.

I’m sitting alone

Hands to my chin

Thinking of how

I need some comfort now.

Is that her face I see,

Peeping from behind the gate?

Come into my room, lie on my bed,

Let’s both unwind.

I’m sitting at home

Arms round her tight

Smiling at how,

She needs my comfort now.

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Version by Mira and the Magnetic Ghosts 2025 

Same version but on Reverbnation

 

I wrote the lyrics to this in 1970, living in a shared house near Butts Tech College and watching the rain bounce off the tech college outbuildings. I was influenced by Paul Simon's I Wish You Could Be Here. Although I played it on guitar, I never got a recording of it - here it is reimaged as a full production for the Mira and the Magnetic Ghosts project.