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Hard Rain Coming Down On Me

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Thanks to Pillze on YouTube for the Lyrics!
Enjoy, zeg ik altijd!
Lyrics:
[spoken intro]
All right now, come on kids. Hey, listen, I'm tired of this bullshit playing around the town, 
you know what I mean? ... And I told him, I said, 'listen!' I said, 'don't fuck with me, man! 
Because, you know what I mean? Like, I'm a real motherfucking cowboy, you know what I mean? Hahah! 
[end intro]
One, two, three, four.
CHard rain coming down on me
FTrying to start a fire on the muddy banks
Of the MississiCppi, in the Grain
  FBaby life iCs strange
Now he rAmeaches for a quarter
And he stands in the corner
And he screams out for some change.
And Cnobody looks, but everybody sees
And everybody feels the shame.
And the Amrain rolls over,
And the dog rolls over,
And he rolls his hands to the sky.
And the Cnuns in numbers knock their nails in
Like a blackbird in a blackberry pie.
  FSays, 'Son, it Ghappens every Amday.
  FWe call it runGning from the raCin.'
AmWell, it's a rain of thunder,
It's a rain of fear,
It's a busted-open bottle of Rainier beer,
It Creaches from the sky
Like a blackbird in a blackberry pie, that's why
And Ameverybody is runnin'
And umbrellas are poppin'
And reflections take over the streets
And the Cblood is free now
And it flows to the sea now
And the man says, 'I'll see him again.'
FSaid, 'Son, it Ghappens every dAmay.
FWe call it ruGnning from the Crain.'
Well, she Amturned her back
As he spackles the crack
And the pain just peals away.
And she tChought she knew him
But an Autumn leaf blew in
And it blew what she knew of him away.
And she's Amcountin' numbers
But she lost the light
So now she thaws out cubed steak
With a red flashlight
CHeads turning like a doorknob,
Eyes burning like a camp log,
What do you think of that?
FSaid, 'Son, it hGappens every dAmay.
FWe call it rGunning from the rCain.'
She's Cgone for good,
You should know by now.
   FShe ain't coming back anyhow.
And a love to heCr
Is a love that's thrown away.G  
And it's overC.

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Hard Rain Coming Down On Me

by Tom Waits

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Thanks to Pillze on YouTube for the Lyrics!

Enjoy, zeg ik altijd!

Lyrics:

[spoken intro]

All right now, come on kids. Hey, listen, I'm tired of this bullshit playing around the town,

you know what I mean? ... And I told him, I said, 'listen!' I said, 'don't fuck with me, man!

Because, you know what I mean? Like, I'm a real motherfucking cowboy, you know what I mean? Hahah!

[end intro]

One, two, three, four.

Hard rain coming down on me

Trying to start a fire on the muddy banks

C G

Of the Mississippi, in the rain

F C

Baby life is strange

Now he reaches for a quarter

And he stands in the corner

And he screams out for some change.

And nobody looks, but everybody sees

And everybody feels the shame.

And the rain rolls over,

And the dog rolls over,

And he rolls his hands to the sky.

And the nuns in numbers knock their nails in

Like a blackbird in a blackberry pie.

F G Am

Says, 'Son, it happens every day.

F G C

We call it running from the rain.'

Well, it's a rain of thunder,

It's a rain of fear,

It's a busted-open bottle of Rainier beer,

It reaches from the sky

Like a blackbird in a blackberry pie, that's why

And everybody is runnin'

And umbrellas are poppin'

And reflections take over the streets

And the blood is free now

And it flows to the sea now

And the man says, 'I'll see him again.'

F G Am

Said, 'Son, it happens every day.

F G C

We call it running from the rain.'

Well, she turned her back

As he spackles the crack

And the pain just peals away.

And she thought she knew him

But an Autumn leaf blew in

And it blew what she knew of him away.

And she's countin' numbers

But she lost the light

So now she thaws out cubed steak

With a red flashlight

Heads turning like a doorknob,

Eyes burning like a camp log,

What do you think of that?

F G Am

Said, 'Son, it happens every day.

F G C

We call it running from the rain.'

She's gone for good,

You should know by now.

She ain't coming back anyhow.

And a love to her

Is a love that's thrown away.

And it's over.

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