Cloud Cover

(Cloud Types)

Words & Music by Nick Walker

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This big old ball we call earth has a wondrous atmosphere;
There's oxygen that we breathe in and water vapor here.
Those tiny drops of H2O climb high till they take flight,
And when they cool they start to pool into fluffs of grey and white.

CHORUS:
I call it Cloud Cover
I keep one eye on the sky.
I'm watching Cloud Cover,
And perhaps you wonder why.
Because when clouds begin to change
They let the sun shine or bring rain
So watch the Cloud Cover,
Keep a-watching all those clouds.

They're thin and high, those cirrus clouds mean weather's looking fair
Made up of ice, they look so nice like stands of angel hair.
And stratus layers may hang low as a drizzle droplet falls,
Or show me puffs of cumulus like soft white cotton balls.

(Chorus)

The nimbostratus might bring rain as a warm front leaves its trail,
And watch with dread as thunderheads bring you lightning storms and hail. (ouch!)

Cloud Cover
I keep one eye on the sky.
I'm watching Cloud Cover,
Now you know the reason why.
Because when clouds begin to change
They let the sun shine or bring rain
So watch the Cloud Cover,
Keep a-watching all those clouds.