Story Behind The Song
Feeling particularly blue when it was written. Was remembering walking in the rain when I was blue and how right the rain felt - also remembered Hemingway writing of how the soldiers in WWI renounced abstractions and instead revered names of streets and towns.
Song Description
A song about wishing it would rain, as a mirror to the singer's feelings and the characters in the song. It's a mid-tempo roots rocker with George Harrisonesque slide guitar and
a gravelly but melodic vocal.
| Song Length |
5:12 |
Genre |
Rock - Roots/Rock n' Roll, Rock - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Poignant, Gloomy |
Subject |
Sadness, Rain |
| Similar Artists |
Tom Petty, Neil Young |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Rain
Tommy?s walking round so numb
He?s heard of love and he wants some
He?ll play any part
Make any deal
He?s thinking bout how lately
He ain?t feeling anybody?s words
So he prays for rain
Cause rain is something he can feel
Rain is something he can feel
Tanya?s coming home from work
She?s moving through her private gloom
Still, it?s a gloom that is real
She?s thinking bout a world that was
Thinking bout a man she loved
And she?s praying for rain
Cause rain is something she can feel
Rain, rain
Let it rain
Let it pour and pour
And when the world
Feels its pain
Let it rain some more
Just to be sure
Let it rain some more
Just to be sure
© 2003 John Cremona