Lyrics to
Cry Like A Rainstorm

This version of Cry Like A Rainstorm was released by Bonnie Raitt in 1973.

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Life isn’t easy
Love never lasts
You just carry on
And keep moving fast

I turned off the highway
Pulled into town
I’m fancy free darlin’
And I’ve travelled round

Sometimes I’m up
Sometimes I’m down
Tell me where can I run to
Tell me how have I sinned
When you cry like a rainstorm
And howl like the wind

So who shall I start with
Tell me how to begin
When you cry like a rainstorm
And howl like the wind

My thoughts are lost in memories
That keep me free
Know if all the stars were shining
They would not help me see

Don’t you know that
Sometimes I’m up
Most times down
Where can I run to
Tell me how have I sinned
You cry like a rainstorm
And you howl like the wind

Well my life isn’t easy
And my love never seems to last
So I’ll keep on carrying on darlin’
I’ll just keep moving fast

I turned off the highway
Pulled into town
And I’m still fancy free
And I keep travellin’ round

Sometimes I’m up
Most times I’m down
Where can I run to
Tell me how have I sinned
When you cry like a rainstorm
And you howl like the wind

So who shall I start with
Tell me how to begin
When you cry like a rainstorm
And you howl like the wind

Cry like a rainstorm
And you howl like the wind

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About Lyrics and Cry Like A Rainstorm by Bonnie Raitt

The lyrics for Cry Like A Rainstorm are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1973 song by Bonnie Raitt. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Cry Like A Rainstorm have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Cry Like A Rainstorm - Bonnie Raitt and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Cry Like A Rainstorm by Bonnie Raitt in multiple ways. 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 Cry Like A Rainstorm" means the words set to the music of Cry Like A Rainstorm, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bonnie Raitt. 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 Cry Like A Rainstorm and the lyrics to Cry Like A Rainstorm are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bonnie Raitt who came here looking just for the lyrics to Cry Like A Rainstorm, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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