Lyrics to
Black Summer Rain

This version of Black Summer Rain was released by Eric Clapton in 1976.

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Where is the sun,
The sun that used to shine on me?
Where has it gone
Or is it just a memory?

I looked through the window,
Staring at the sky,
Waiting for a moment
That always passed me by.

Black summer rain,
Black summer rain,
Black summer rain is falling on me, girl.

Where is the love,
The love I need to set me free?
And how can I escape
This gloom that is swallowing me?

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About Lyrics and Black Summer Rain by Eric Clapton

The lyrics for Black Summer Rain are defined as the words making up the song released by Eric Clapton in 1976. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Black Summer Rain have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Eric Clapton and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Black Summer Rain by Eric Clapton if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Black Summer Rain" means the words set to the music of Black Summer Rain, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Eric Clapton. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Black Summer Rain and the lyrics to Black Summer Rain are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Eric Clapton who came here looking just for the lyrics to Black Summer Rain, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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