(Ian Hunter)
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Billy said this town is dying,
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it's dying just to be like me.
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He was fighting everything in sight,
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died when he was 23.
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I used to meet him down at his cafe,
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he had one eye on the door
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and the other on the writing on the wall.
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He'd get restless and angry and we'd all laugh
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'cause we weren't really scared,
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we was his friends, he wouldn't hurt us at all
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And all he'd say was rain, rain, rain
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rain, rain, rain,
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rain, rain, rain,
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rain, rain, rain.
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We gotta leave this town.
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And Glover was a dancer,
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imitating Eddie Cochran by the jukebox.
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In the corner of the room
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'till he was lost.
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Barry 'n me, we used to escape, playing I Go Ape
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wearing Italian clothes drinking cider talking in the rain
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Hey babe, come over here, let me buy you a beer, what's your name,
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she said "Boy, it doesn't really matter, don't you see?
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You ain't what I want, you ain't what I need,
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you ain't what I fancy, you ain't what I dream of 'n I'd silently leave
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?? you're ugly.
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Rain, rain, rain,
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rain, rain, rain,
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rain, rain, rain,
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rain, rain, rain.
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I gotta leave this place.
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My history is a cop-out
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Somewhere in the dark I got scared 'cause I knew I was gonna loose.
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You know that feeling you get in your guts, all that frustration when you know
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you're going nuts.
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You gotta make a move.
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There was Billy and Glover and Pacer and Taylor and Valerie and Barry
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I remember what he said about that town.
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He said "I went to London once, came back,
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wiped the tears from my eyes, looked out the window,
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and it was still pouring down,
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more of that rain, rain, rain,
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rain, rain, rain,
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rain, rain, rain,
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rain, rain, rain."
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I'm gonna get a train,
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never coming back again.
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'Cause if I did it would be the same.
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Boy, you really messed up my brain.
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All of that rain rain rain,
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rain rain rain
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rain rain rain
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rain rain rain
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Take your washing off the line.
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Take your washing off the line.
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Take your washing off the line.
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Take the washing off the line.
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It's gonna rain.
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It's gonna rain.
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Rain
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Ian Hunter |