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It’s Been Raining Here In Long Beach

This version of It’S Been Raining Here In Long Beach was released by Jackson Browne in 1967.

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It’s been raining here in Long Beach
The dampness in the air
Tends to straighten out my hair
Against my wishes
But the traces of a song reach
My tattered ear once more
Lend me courage to ignore
The smell of fishes

I was a drunken lout, I ran about
With ladies that I knew
I did ’em wrong all night long
Singing 23 skidoo

Huzahh…huzahh…
Once upon a time I was a kid
Well I don’t know what happened then
But I’m warning all you younger men
On your way to Long Beach think again
You can’t afford to settle down in Long Beach

I had a raccoon coat, a paddle boat
I played the ukelele
Beneath the moon in June I’d croon,
“Won’t You Come Home Bill Bailey”

Huzahh…huzahh…
Once upon a time I was a kid
But now my hair is turning gray
I’m getting fatter every day
If you got any sense you’ll stay away
And never give another thought to Long Beach
And never give a moment’s thought to Long Beach

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