Shattered

words/music by Jimmy Webb • arranged/performed by Doug Howell
© Universal – Polygram International Pub Inc.

Favorite version: Linda Ronstadt, Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind, 1989

Notes

Even though I love Ronstadt’s version of this, I’ve always thought it was too short. I guess I just love the song so much I never want it to end. (Ever feel that way about a song?) Anyway, I added a repeat so it wouldn’t end quite so soon.

What a simple, beautiful lyric. And the surprise chord that shatters the middle of each verse… Another perfect one. I think it follows “Simile” exceptionally well, not just because it starts in the same key, but because it’s really just one extended, intense simile from beginning to end.

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