Van Morrison - TB Sheets From Album - Early Years 67-68 This song is a true story about Van's former wife who died of tuburculosis. T.B. Sheets" was recorded on March 29, 1967 at A & R Recording Studios In New York City with Bert Berns as producer. There is a longstanding, but perhaps apocryphal story of Morrison's emotional state during the song's recording. Michael Ochs, in the liner notes for the 1973 album T.B. Sheets, wrote that "after 'T.B. Sheets' was recorded, the rest of the session had to be cancelled because Van broke down in tears."Likewise, according to John Collis, Morrison could later joke about this song. "I'm writing 'T.B. Sheets Part II' now," he said in 1972. "Keeping the same riff, the same groove." However, it's on record -- though the story could be exaggerated -- that after laying down this track he broke down in tears, unable to continue the session. Lyrics Now listen Julie baby, It ain't natural for you to cry in the midnight, It ain't natural for you to cry Way in the midnight come, Until the wee small hours Long 'fore the break of dawn, oh Lord. Um hmm Ahhh Now Julie there ain't nothin' on my mind More further away than what you're lookin' for, I see the way they jump at me Lord, from behind the door, and look into my eyes, Your little star stuck innuendows, Inadequacies, foreign bodies. And the sunlight shining through the crack in the window pane Numbs my brain And the sunlight shining through the crack in the window pane Numbs my brain, oh Lord. So open up the window and let me breathe, I said, open up the window and let me breathe I'm looking down to the street below Lord, I cried for you, I cried, Oh, Lord. The cool room, Lord, it a fool's room, The cool room, Lord, it a fool's room, And I can almost smell your T.B. sheets And I can almost smell your T.B. sheets, on your sick bed. I gotta go, I gotta, And you said, please stay. I want, I want a drink of water, I want a drink of water, Go into t