Hmmm-mmm, hmmmm, oooo.
Sunshine, blue skies,
Please go away.
My girl has found another,
And gone away.
With her went my future,
My life is filled with gloom.
So day after day,
I stayed locked up in my room.
I know to you,
It might sound strange.
But I wish it would rain.
(How I wish that it would rain.)
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
'Cause so badly I wanna go outside.
(Such a lovely day.)
But everyone knows that,
A man ain't supposed to cry.
Listen, I gotta cry 'cause cryin',
Eases the pain, oh, yeah.
People, this hurt I feel inside,
Words could never explain.
I just wish it would rain.
(Oh, how I wish that it would rain.)
Oh, let it rain. Rain, rain, rain.
(Oh, how I wish that it would rain.)
Ooo, baby. Let it rain.
(Let it rain.) Oh, yeah, let it rain.
[ Instrumental break. ]
Day in, day out, my tear-stained face,
Pressed against the window pane.
My eyes search the skies,
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Desperately for rain.
'Cause raindrops will hide my teardrops.
And no one will ever know.
That I'm cryin', cryin'
When I go outside.
To the world outside,
My tears I refuse to explain.
Oh, I wish it would rain.
(Oh, how I wish that it would rain.)
Ooo, baby.
Let it rain, let it rain.
I need rain to disguise the tears in my eyes.
Oh, let it rain.
Oh, yeah, yeah, listen.
I'm a man and I got my pride.
Till it rains I'm gonna stay inside.
Let it rain.
[ I WISH IT WOULD RAIN ]
[ Written by: Roger Penzabene [ 1 ] , Barrett Strong & Norman Whitfield
Performed by: The Temptations [ 2 ] -Released: December 31, 1967 [ 3 ]
Produced by: Norman Whitfield
Appears on: I Wish It Would Rain-(7" Single)-1967 & The Temptations Wish It
Would Rain(LP)-1968, Greatest Hits, Vol. 2-1970, Anthology-1973 & 1995, 20
Golden Greats-1980, Papa Was a Rolling Stone-1989, AM Gold: 1968 (Various
Artists)-1990 [ 4 ] , At Their Very Best-2001, The Temptations' Favorite 15-2008, et al. ]
[ 1 ] More so than any other Motown song, there is real sentiment and pain behind
the song's words. Lyricist Penzabene had just found out his wife was cheating on
him with another man. Unable to deal with the pain and unable to stop loving his
wife, Penzabene expressed his pain in the lyrics of this song and its follow-up,
"I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)." The distraught Penzabene
committed suicide on New Year's Eve 1967, a week after the single's release.
[ 2 ] Covered by: Faces, The Four Tops, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Pat Kelly,
Gladys Knight & the Pips, Little Ceasar, David Ruffin, Percy Sledge & the Aces
Band, Rod Stewart, The Techniques, Ike & Tina Turner, Bobby Womack, Paul Young &
the Q-Tips, et al. ]
[ 3 ] Lead vocals by David Ruffin (tenor). Backup vocals by: Eddie Kendricks
(tenor), Paul Williams (tenor), Melvin Franklin (bass), Otis Williams
(baritone). Instrumentation by the Funk Brothers.
[ 4 ] Transcribed from the track on this album. ] |
