Artists
Musicians featured in this piece are:
Grace Slick – lead vocals
Neil Jason – bass
Allan Schwartzberg – drums
Scott Zito – acoustic guitar
Joe D’Elia – piano
Ron Frangipane – conductor
Artie Kaplan – orchestra contractor
Jim Malin – percussion
Written by Grace Slick. Produced by Ron Frangipane, recorded in New York, 1979. Released on Dreams (RCA Records, March 1980); issued as the album’s lead single in the US, peaking at No. 95 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 17 in the Netherlands, where Grace Slick performed it on the Dutch TV show TopPop.
“Seasons” stands apart on Dreams for its folkish, Eastern European–flavored melody and sing-along chorus, a departure from the album’s more orchestral power ballads. It’s also the one track on the record where Scott Zito switches from electric to acoustic guitar. The album marked a deliberate break from Grace Slick‘s Jefferson Starship years — Dreams was recorded entirely without any past or present bandmates.
Grace Slick – Seasons Lyrics
When the winter comes the sun is low upon the fields
The sky is cold and it throws down icy snow
The lakes are glass the rivers all a frozen mass
The trees are bare and the northwind blows the air
But the children dance and sing as if the time were spring
When the seasons change everything they find a joy in what it brings
Then the sun comes high and the spring rains come and go
The summer air so hot it melts the Russian snow
The fields are brown there’s no rain to make them grow
And the old ones sigh, the heat has made them tired and slow
But the children dance and sing as if the time were spring
When the seasons change everything they find a joy in what it brings
The children dance and sing as if the time were spring
When the seasons change everything they find a joy in what it brings
September leaves are falling through the autumn haze
And the school bells tell everyone there’ll be no more summer days
Warm nights are gone, all the leaves are turning brown
Then the windows close again when the winter comes around
But the children dance and sing as if the time were spring
When the seasons change everything they find a joy in what it brings
So I will laugh and dance and watch the children sing
Then I will have the chance of finding joy in everything
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