MP3: The Day the Wind Came

Words & Music: Dennis Jernigan
August 13, 2012

What inspired the song?

When I was a boy about 12 years old, a tornado
hit our barn one day. That story is told in the
final chapter of Sacrifice. It really happened!
Having grown up in northeastern Oklahoma -
Tornado Alley - I saw and experienced many
tornadic storms. Because I’ve always loved the
Wizard of Oz, I have been captivated by the
power of a tornado to transform the landscape
and to transport debris hundreds of miles.
WHy not incorporate that same story line into my
story at some point? After all, I’ve experienced
the power first-hand and lived to tell about it!
You’ll have to read the end of the book Sacrifice
to find out what happened to me the day the wind came...

Dennis Jernigan

Verse
The day the wind came there wasn't even one cloud in the sky!
The day the wind came the sun was shining bright!
The storm came suddenly!
The rain was blinding and clouding my mind!
The world a-spinning! I was beginning to fly!

I saw the world below and everything that I had known go passing by me!
Before my very eyes I soon began to realize that I was flying!

To the land of Bren where my heart has been!
Here we go again! I'm flying!
Soaring high above to the land I love!
Never get enough of flying!

Chorus
I am flying! Soaring! Skying to the place my heart longs for!
I am flying! No denying! What I've tasted, I want more!

Verse
The day the wind came I saw the spinning cloud touching the ground!
The day the wind came I thought that I was dying.
I saw the lightning bolts! I heard the thunder! Saw the world spinning round!
And then the peace came! I realized I was flying!

I saw the world below and everything that I had known go passing by me!
Before my very eyes I soon began to realize that I was flying!

To the land of Bren where my heart has been!
Here we go again! I'm flying!
Soaring high above to the land I love!
Never get enough of flying!

Chorus
I am flying! Soaring! Skying to the place my heart longs for!
I am flying! No denying! What I've tasted, I want more!

Bridge
On to Bren! Higher in!
On to Bren! Higher in!

To the land of Bren where my heart has been!
Here we go again! I'm flying!
Soaring high above to the land I love!
Never get enough of flying!

Chorus
I am flying! Soaring! Skying to the place my heart longs for!
I am flying! No denying! What I've tasted, I want more!

The Chronicles of Bren website is here.