Words and music by Jimi Hendrix.
Recorded: DeLane Lea Studios, February 1967 & Olympic Studios, February 1967.
Producer: Chas Chandler                            Engineer: Dave Siddle (DeLane Lea), Eddie Kramer (Olympic)
Guitar, Vocals: Jimi Hendrix                        Drums: Mitch Mitchell
Bass: Noel Redding                                     Length (on album): 3:20
Notes: "The Wind Cries Mary" was inspired by Jimis rescent fight with his girlfriend Kathy Etchingham. After recording "Fire", twenty minutes was left of the recording session. So, even though Noel or Mitch had never heard the song before, Jimi played it, mixed it and had it done in those twenty minutes. It was released as the third single for Are You Experienced. It was also during this session that Noel and Mitch started fighting the fact that they had no say during recording sessions.

And the wind whispers Mary.

A broom is drearily sweeping
up the broken pieces of yesterday's life.
Somewhere a Queen is wheeping.
Somewhere a King has no wife.

And the wind, it cries Mary.

The traffic light they turn a blue tomorrow,
and shine their emptiness down on my bed.
The tiny islands sags downstream,
'cause the life they livet is dead.

And the wind screams Mary.

Will the wind ever remember
the names it has blown in the past?
And with its crutch, its old age and its wisdom,
it whispers 'no, this will be the last.'

And The Wind Cries Mary.