Jimi Hendrix, The Wind Cries Mary
The song was recorded at the end of the “Fire” sessions. It is said to have been inspired when Hendrix and his then girlfriend, Kathy Etchingham, had an argument over her cooking; after she stormed out of their apartment, Hendrix wrote “The Wind Cries Mary”, as Mary was Etchingham’s middle name.
The traffic lights they turn blue tomorrow And shine an emptiness down on my bed