rain songs ya'll

[A Gunslinger]

Tom Petty - Louisiana Rain

Well, it was out in California by the San Diego Sea,

That was when I was taken in, and it left its mark on me.

Yeah, she nearly drove me crazy with all those china toys,

And I know she really didn't mean a thing to those sailor
boys.



Louisiana rain is falling at my feet.

Baby, I'm noticing a change as I move down the street.

Louisiana rain is soaking through my shoes.

I may never be the same when I reach Baton Rouge.



South Carolina put out its arms for me

Right up until everything went black

Somewhere on lonely street.

And I still can't quite remember,

Who helped me to my feet.

Thank God for a long-neck bottle,

The angels remedy.



Louisiana rain is falling just like tears,

Running down my face, washing out the years.

Louisiana rain is soaking through my shoes.

I may never be the same when I reach Baton Rouge.



Well, I never will get over this English refugee

Singing to the juke-box in some all-nite beanery.

Yeah, he was eating pills like candy

And chasing them with tea.

You should have seen him lick his lips at old black Molly B.



Louisiana rain is falling at my feet.

Baby, I'm noticing a change as I move down the street.

Louisiana rain is soaking through my shoes.

I may never be the same when I reach Baton Rouge.



Louisiana rain is falling just like tears,

Running down my face, washing out the years.

Louisiana rain is soaking through my shoes.

I may never be the same when I reach Baton Rouge.

[lucimay]

Don't know why
There's no sun up in the sky
Stormy weather
Since my gal and I ain't together
Keeps raining all the time
Life is bare
Gloom and misery everywhere
Stormy weather
Just can't get my poor old self together
I'm weary all the time
Every time
So weary all of the time
When she went away
The blues walked in and then they met me
If she stays away
That old rocking chair's bound to get me
All I do is pray
The lord above will let me
Just walk in that sun again
Can't go on
Everything I had is gone
Stormy Weather
Since my gal and I ain't together
Keeps raining all the time
Keeps raining all of the time

[Tulizar]

NIN Down In It


Now I’m down in it
Now I’m down in it

Kinda like a cloud I was up, way up in the sky
And I was feeling some feelings you wouldn't believe
Sometimes I don't believe them myself
And I decided I was never coming down
Just then a tiny little dot caught my eye
It was just about too small to see
But I watched it way too long
It was pulling me down

I was up above it
I was up above it
Now I’m down in it

Shut up so what, what does it matter now?
I was swimming in the haze now I crawl on the ground
And everything I never liked about you
Is kinda seeping into me
Try to laugh about it now
But isn't it funny how everything works out
'I guess the joke's on me' she said

I was up above it
I was up above it
Now I’m down in it

I used to be so big and strong
I used to know my right from wrong
I used to never be afraid
I used to be somebody
I used to have something inside
Now just this hole it's open wide
I used to want it all
I used to be somebody

I’ll cross my heart, I’ll hope to die
But the needle's already in my eye
And all the world's weight is on my back
And I don't even know why
What I used to think was me is just a fading memory
I looked him right in the eye and said 'good-bye'

I was up above it
I was up above it
Now I’m down in it

Rain, rain, go away, come again some other day
Rain, rain, go away, come again some other day

[Lorelei]

I blame this on low blood sugar.....

It's Raining Men - Weather Girls
Hi (hi), we're your weather girls (uh-huh)
And have we got news for you (you better listen)
Get ready all you lonely girls
And leave those umbrellas at home (all right)

Humidity is rising (uh rising)
Barometer's getting low (how low girl, uh-oh)
According to all sources (what sources now)
The street's the place to go (we better hurry up)
'Cause tonight for the first time (first time)
Just about half past 10 (half past 10)
For the first time in history
It's gonna start raining men (start raining men)

It's raining men, Hallelujah
It's raining men, Amen
I'm gonna go out, I'm gonna let myself get
Absolutely soaking wet
It's raining men, Hallelujah
It's raining men, every specimen
Tall, blond, dark and lean
Rough and tough and strong and mean

God bless Mother Nature
She's a single woman too
She took on the heavens
And she did what she had to do
She fought every angel
She rearranged the sky
So that each and every woman
Could find the perfect guy

It's raining men, Hallelujah
It's raining men, Amen
It's raining men, Hallelujah
It's raining men, Amen

I hear stormy weather movin' in
'Bout to break it, about to begin
Hear the thunder, don't you lose your head
Rip up the roof and stay in bed (rip up the roof and stay in bed)

God bless Mother Nature
She's a single woman too
She took on the heavens
And she did what she had to do
She fought every angel
She rearranged the sky
So that each and every woman
Could find the perfect guy
Ooh it's raining men down

Humidity is rising (humidity is rising, yeah it's rising)
Barometer's getting low (it's getting low low low low low low low low low)
(Oh it's getting low)
According to all sources (according to all sources, oh to all sources)
The street's the place to go
Because tonight for the first time (first time)
Just about half past 10 (half past 10)
For the first time in history
It's gonna start raining men (start raining men)

It's raining men (woo), Hallelujah
It's raining men, Amen
It's raining men, Hallelujah
It's raining men, Amen
It's raining men, Hallelujah
It's raining men, Amen
It's raining men, Hallelujah
Woah woah woah woah woah woah, Amen
It's raining men (tall and blond and dark and lean)
It's raining men (and rough and tough and strong and mean)
It's raining men (come on), Hallelujah
It's raining men, Amen

[Tulizar]

I blame this on low blood sugar.....

Mmhmm...a likely excuse!

[lucimay]

I'm gonna love you like nobody's loved you
Come rain or come shine
High as a mountain and deep as a river
Come rain or come shine

I guess when you met me, it was just one of those things
But don't you ever bet me, 'cause I'm gonna be true if you let me

You're gonna love me like nobody's loved me
Come rain or come shine
We'll be happy together, unhappy together
Now won't that be just fine?

The days may be cloudy or sunny
We're in or we're out of the money
But I'm with you always
I'm with you rain or shine

Days may be cloudy or sunny
We're in or we're out of the money
I'm with you, baby
I'm with you rain or shine

[Hound Of Chulainn]

The best one I can think of is On by Aphex Twin, which doesn't have any lyrics, but samples the sound of rain with a beautiful lilting piano.

Apart from that...

Enya - Storms in Africa Part II

Though I walk through
Warm sands in Africa
Winds will grow soon
To storms in Africa

How far to go
I cannot say
How many more
Will journey this way?

Dark skies fall on
Black earth and ivory
Far from your sun
Clouds now close over me.

How far to go
I cannot say
How many more
Will journey this way?

Storms have come
Rains wash the earth away
Dark skies fall down
Into another day

Rains have now come
From storms in Africa
Time will go on
Through Storms in Africa

The first time I heard that, I was lying in the dark, and there was a thunderstorm outside. That ruled so much.

I can't figure out the lyrics to part one, by the way.

[lucimay]

Hoverin' by my suitcase, tryin' to find a warm place to spend the night
Heavy rain fallin', seems I hear your voice callin' "It's all right."
A rainy night in Georgia, a rainy night in Georgia
It seems like it's rainin' all over the world
I feel like it's rainin' all over the world

Neon signs a-flashin', taxi cabs and buses passin' through the night
A distant moanin' of a train seems to play a sad refrain to the night
A rainy night in Georgia, such a rainy night in Georgia
Lord, I believe it's rainin' all over the world
I feel like it's rainin' all over the world

How many times I wondered
It still comes out the same
No matter how you look at it or think of it
It's life and you just got to play the game

<instrumental interlude>

I find me a place in a box car, so I take my guitar to pass some time
Late at night when it's hard to rest I hold your picture to my chest and I feel fine
(minor scat) But it's a rainy night in Georgia, baby, it's a rainy night in Georgia I
feel it's rainin' all over the world, kinda lonely now And it's rainin' all over the
world

Oh, have you ever been lonely, people?
And you feel that it was rainin' all over this man's world
You're talking 'bout rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin',
rainin', rainin' rainin', rainin', rainin'

[lucimay]

it's a rainy day in San Francisco! (i like it)


All Day Rain

greg brown

The gate is rusty
The porch is sad
The storm is coming
The news is bad

All day rain--
plenty of
nothing to explain
a lifetime love

Open the window
Let the rain fall in
Let's stay home
Let's call in

We need the rain
The garden's dry
Kiss me again
'cause so am I

I love this weather
gonna drink my fill
I'll love you better
I swear I will

Sometimes it's wet
Sometimes it's dry
You laugh--you forget
what made you cry

All day rain--
plenty of
nothing to explain
a lifetime love

[lucimay]

Put on my blue suede shoes
And I boarded the plane
Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues
In the middle of the pouring rain

W.C. Handy -- won't you look down over me
Yeah, I got a first class ticket
But I'm as blue as a boy can be

Then i'm walking in Memphis
Was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale
Walking in Memphis
But do I really feel the way I feel

Saw the ghost of Elvis
On Union Avenue
Followed him up to the gates of Graceland
Then I watched him walk right through

Now security they did not see him
They just hovered 'round his tomb
But there's a pretty little thing
Waiting for the King
Down in the Jungle Room

When I was walking in Memphis
I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale
Walking in Memphis
But do I really feel the way I feel

They've got catfish on the table
They've got gospel in the air
And Reverend Green be glad to see you
When you haven't got a prayer
Boy you got a prayer in Memphis

Now Muriel plays piano
Every Friday at the Hollywood
And they brought me down to see her
And they asked me if I would --
Do a little number
And I sang with all my might
She said --
"Tell me are you a Christian child?"
And I said "Ma'am I am tonight"

Walking in Memphis
I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale
Walking in Memphis
But do I really feel the way I feel

Walking in Memphis
I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale
Walking in Memphis
But do I really feel the way I feel

Put on my blue suede shoes
And I boarded the plane
Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues
In the middle of the pouring rain
Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues
In the middle of the pouring rain

[danlo]

Chorus:

Oh, it ain't gonna rain no more, no more, it ain't gonna rain no more.
It rained last week and the week before, so it ain't gonna rain no more.

Verses:

Mary had a little lamb, so goes the tale of yore.
She loved that little lamb so much, she passed the plate for more.

repeat chorus

A bullfrog sat on a lily pad, looking up in the sky.
He fell right off that lily pad, and got water in his eye.

repeat chorus

Oh, a peanut sat on a railroad track, it's heart was all a-flutter.
Along came the train and - Oops! peanut butter.

repeat chorus

A cow walked on the railroad track, the train was coming fast.
The train got off the railroad track to let the cow go past!

repeat chorus

I woke up in the morning, I glanced upon the wall.
The roaches and the bedbugs were having a game of ball.

repeat chorus

The score was six to nothing, the roaches were ahead.
A bedbug hit a home run and knocked me out of bed!

repeat chorus

A doctor fell into a well and broke his collar bone.
We think that he should tend the sick and leave the well alone.

repeat chorus

A farmer slipped on the old barn roof when rotten boards gave way,
And as as he fell, he shrugged and said, "It's time to hit the hay."

repeat chorus

Humpty Dumpty fell right down and landed on his head,
So, all the horses and the men had scrambled eggs and bread.

[Waddley]

You know... ya'll talked about it, but I'm glad none of you posted it, because it's my song. MINE, I tell you!!

All I can say is that my life is pretty plain
I like watchin' the puddles gather rain
And all I can do is just pour some tea for two
And speak my point of view
But it's not sane, It's not sane

I just want some one to say to me
I'll always be there when you wake
Ya know I'd like to keep my cheeks dry today
So stay with me and I'll have it made

And I don't understand why I sleep all day
And I start to complain that there's no rain
And all I can do is read a book to stay awake
And it rips my life away, but it's a great escape

escape......escape......escape......

All I can say is that my life is pretty plain
ya don't like my point of view
ya think I'm insane
Its not sane......it's not sane

[___]

Georgia Rain- Joshua Kadison



When all my dreams are fallin' on stony ground
and I start wonderin' why I'm even around,
can't find the sunshine anywhere,
Jessie puts her arms around me and runs her fingers through my hair.

And Jessie sings soft as the Georgia rain
coming down easy on a windowpane.
And Jessie sings warm as a late night summer breeze
hummin' some faraway tune to the willow trees.
And life is everything God meant it to be
when Jessie's singing soft as the Georgia rain to me.


She calls me angel and says, "Let me dry your eyes.
You mean by now you still don't realize
that everything I want is what I got,
so angel stop your thinkin' 'bout all the things your not."


And Jessie sings soft as the Georgia rain
coming down easy on a windowpane.
Jessie sings warm as a late night summer breeze
hummin' some faraway tune to the willow trees.
And life is everything God meant it to be
when Jessie's singing soft as the Georgia rain to me.


There's a trailer by the sea down in Mexico.
We dreamt a lot about it but we never did go.
Some dreams are better from afar, that's just how things are.
And everything's all right 'cause Jessie's singing me to sleep tonight.
Jessie's singing me to sleep tonight.


And Jessie sings soft as the Georgia rain
coming down easy on a windowpane.
Jessie sings warm as a late night summer breeze
hummin' some faraway tune to the willow trees.
And life is everything God meant it to be
when Jessie's singing soft as the Georgia rain to me,
when Jessie's singing soft as the Georgia rain to me.

[dANdeLION]

Jacob's Ladder - Rush

The clouds prepare for battle
In the dark and brooding silence
Bruised and sullen storm clouds
Have the light of day obscured
Looming low and ominous
In twilight premature
Thunder heads are rumbling
In a distant overture...

All at once, the clouds are parted
Light streams down in bright unbroken beams...

Follow men's eyes as they look to the skies
The shifting shafts of shining weave the fabric of their dreams...

[danlo]

Songs About Rain-Gary Allen

Well this town has closed down way too early,
And there's nothing to do,
So I'm driving around in circles,
And I'm thinking about you,
Today I heard you got a new last name,
Sure didn't know it was gonna hit me this way,
And the radio just keeps on playing all these songs about rain
Now there's all kind of songs about babies and love that goes right,
But for some unknown reason nobody wants to play them tonight,
Hey I hope it's sunny wherever you are,
But that's sure not the picture tonight in my car,
And it sure ain't easing my pain all these songs like,

Rainy Night In Georgia,
and Kentucky Rain,
Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again,
Blue Eyes Crying In The early morning Rain,
They go on and on,
And there's no two the same,

Oh it would be easy to blame all these songs about rain,
Well I thought I was over you but I guess maybe I'm not,
Cause when I let you go looks like lonely is all that I got,
Guess I'll never know what could have been,
Sure ain't helping this mood that I'm in,
If their gonna keep on playing me songs like,

Rainy Night In Georgia,
and Kentucky Rain,
Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again,
Blue Eyes Crying In The early morning Rain,
They go on and on,
And there's no two the same,

Oh how I wish I could blame all these songs about rain,
All these songs about rain,
Songs about rain

[Cail]

kinda like a cloud i was up way up in the sky.
and i was feeling some feelings you wouldn't believe.
sometimes i don't believe them myself and i decided i was never coming down.

just then a tiny little dot caught my eye.
it was just about too small to see.
but i watched it way too long.
that dot was pulling me down.

[Chorus:]
i was up above it.
i was up above it.
i was up above it.
i was up above it.
now i'm down in it

shut up.
so what what does it matter now.
i was swimming in the hate now i crawl on the ground.
and everything i never liked about you is kind of seeping into me.
i try to laugh about it now but isn't it funny how everything works out.
i guess the jokes on me.

[Chorus]

i used to be so big and strong.
i used to know my right from wrong.
i used to never be afraid.
i used to be somebody.

i used to have something inside.
now just this hole it's open wide.
i used to want it all.
i used to be somebody.

i'll cross my heart and hope to die.
but the needle's already in my eye.
and all the world's weight is on my back and i don't even know why.
and what i used to think was me is just a fading memory.
i looked him right in the eye and said "goodbye."

[Chorus]

rain rain go away.
come again some other day.

[Chorus]

na na na na na na na na.

[Waddley]

We all just feeling kinda rainy today?

Im only happy when it rains
Im only happy when its complicated
And though I know you cant appreciate it
Im only happy when it rains

You know I love it when the news is bad
And why it feels so good to feel so sad
Im only happy when it rains

Pour your misery down, pour your misery down on me
Pour your misery down, pour your misery down on me

Im only happy when it rains
I feel good when things are going wrong
I only listen to the sad, sad songs
Im only happy when it rains

I only smile in the dark
My only comfort is the night gone black
I didnt accidentally tell you that
Im only happy when it rains

Youll get the message by the time Im through
When I complain about me and you
Im only happy when it rains

Pour your misery down, pour your misery down
Pour your misery down on me pour your misery down
Pour your misery down pour your misery down
Pour your misery down on me pour your misery down
Pour your misery down pour your misery down
Pour your misery down on me pour your misery down
Pour your misery down

You can keep me company
As long as you dont care

Im only happy when it rains
You wanna hear about my new obsession?
Im riding high upon a deep depression
Im only happy when it rains
Pour some misery down on me

Im only happy when it rains
Pour some misery down on me
Im only happy when it rains
Pour some misery down on me
Im only happy when it rains
Pour some misery down on me
Im only happy when it rains
Pour some misery down on me ...

[dANdeLION]

Flood - Jars of Clay

Rain rain on my face
It hasn't stopped raining for days
My world is a flood
Slowly I become one with the mud

But if I can't swim after forty days
And my mind is crushed by the crashing waves
Lift me up so high that I cannot fall
Lift me up
Lift me up - When I'm falling
Lift me up - I'm weak and I'm dying
Lift me up - I need you to hold me
Lift me up - Keep me from drowning again

Down pour on my soul
Splashing in the ocean I'm losing control
Dark sky all around
I can't feel my feet touching the ground

But if I can't swim after forty days
And my mind is crushed by the crashing waves
Lift me up so high that I cannot fall
Lift me up
Lift me up - When I'm falling
Lift me up - I'm weak and I'm dying
Lift me up - I need you to hold me
Lift me up - Keep me from drowning again

Calm the storms that drench my eyes
And dry the streams still flowing
Casting down all the waves of sin
And guilt that overthrow me

If I can't swim after forty days
And my mind is crushed by the crashing waves
Lift me up so high that I cannot fall - Lift me up

[lucimay]

Here comes that rainy day feeling again
And soon my tears they will be falling like rain
It always seems to be a Monday
Left over memories of Sunday always spent with you
Before the clouds appeared and took away my sunshine

Here comes that rainy day feeling again
And I'll be dreaming of you Baby in vain
Your face is always on my mind
I hoping soon you're gonna find
Your way back tome
Cause if you say you'll stay
The rainy days will go away

Misty morning eyes
I'm trying to disguise the way I feel
But I just can't hide it
People seem to know
The lonliness will show
I'm thinking of my pride
But breaking up inside

Here comes that rainy day feeling again
And soon my tears they will be falling like rain
It always seems to be a Monday
Left over memories of Sunday always spent with you
Before the clouds appeared and took away my sunshine

Here comes that rainy day feeling again
Here comes that rainy day feeling again
Here comes that rainy day feeling again

[Menolly]

Sarge posted this in the Holiday lyrics thread, but it fits here too...

Same old lang syne - Dan Folgelberg

Met my old lover in a grocery store The snow was falling Christmas Eve
Stole behind her in the frozen foods and I touched her on the sleeve
She didn't recognize the face at first but then her eyes flew open wide
Tried to hug me and she spilled her purse and we laughed until we cried

Took her groceries to the checkout stand The food was totaled up and bagged
stood there lost in our embarrassment as the conversation dragged
Went to have ourselves a drink or two but couldn't find an open bar
Bought a six-pack at the liquor store and we drank it in the car

{start_of_chorus}

We drank a toast to innocence, we drank a toast to now
Tried to reach beyond the emptiness but neither one knew how

{end_of_chorus}

She said she'd married her an architect Kept her warm and safe and dry
She said she'd like to say she loved the man but she didn't want to lie
I said the years had been a friend to her and that her eyes were still as blue
But in those eyes I wasn't sure if I saw doubt or gratitude
She said she saw me in the record store and that I must be doing well
I said the audience was heavenly but the traveling was hell

{comment: chorus}

We drank a toast to innocence we drank a toast to time
We're living in our eloquence, another old lang syne

The beers were empty and our tongues grew tired and running out of things to say
She gave a kiss to me as I got out and I watched her drive away
Just for a moment I was back in school And felt that old familiar pain
And as I turned to make my way back home the snow turned into rain