Lyrics to
Buckets Of Rain

This version of Buckets Of Rain was released by Bette Midler in 1976.

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Ohh-oh, Ohh-oh, ah
Sing to me baby, baby.
Buckets, nuggets of rain.

Nuggets of rain,
nuggets of tears.
Got all the nuggets
comin’ out of my ears.
Nuggets of moonbeams
in my hand.
You got all the love,
honey baby, I can stand.

I been down, high like an oak.
I’ve seen pretty people
disappear like smoke.
Friends will arrive,
friends will disappear.
You want me,
honey baby, I’ll be here.

Oh-oh, I’ll be here.
Ooooooh.
Sing to me baby, baby, baby.
Buckets of rain.

I like your smile
and your fingertips.
I like the way that you move your lips.
I like that heavenly way
you look at me.
Everything about you is bringing me ecstasy.

Little red wagon,
little red bike.
I ain’t no monkey
but I know what I like.
I like the way you monkey around.
Stick with me baby
and we’ll never be found.

Life is heavy
and life is sad.
Life is a bust
when you think you’ve been had.
You lose, you must do
and you do it bad.
I do it for you,
honey baby, ain’t you glad?

Oh, Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, ooooh.
Bobby, Bobby,
hey there Mister D,
you set me free. Yeah.
I don’t believe I really said that.

“Hum, meany.”
“Oooh, you don’t even know. You have no idea.”
“I don’t want to know . . . . .
You and Paul Simon should have done this one.”

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About Lyrics and Buckets Of Rain by Bette Midler

When you decide to study the lyrics to Buckets Of Rain, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1976 song by Bette Midler. Some of the lyrics to Buckets Of Rain have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Bette Midler and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Buckets Of Rain if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Buckets Of Rain" means the words set to the music of Buckets Of Rain, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bette Midler. 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 Buckets Of Rain and the lyrics to Buckets Of Rain are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bette Midler who came here looking just for the lyrics to Buckets Of Rain, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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