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Lizzy And The Rainman

This version of Lizzy And The Rainman was released by The Hollies in 1972.

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He came riding in on a sunrise
A hot west Texas day
A fancy man in a painted wagon
Some fancy things to say

Looks like you folks’ll need some water
Well water is my game
For the small price of a hundred dollars
I bet you I can make it rain

So get away all non-believers or the rain’ll never come
Someone start a fire burning, somebody beat the drum
Some may think I’m crazy for making all these claims
But I swear before the day is over you folks’ll see some rain

They all just stood a staring trying to believe
But there was one named Lizzy Cooper said he was a lying cheat
She said you call yourself a rainman, well you oughta be ashamed
For starting all these people dreaming thinking you can make it rain

So get away all non-believers or the rain’ll never come
Someone keep the fire burning, somebody beat the drum
Some may think I’m crazy for making all these claims
But I swear before the day is over you folks’ll see some rain

Oh Lizzy, a man’s gotta have a dream
And if you can’t walk on the inside with me
I’ll meet you in between
Come with me Lizzy
And the stars’ll write your name
And if you still think I’m lying to you
Look yonder here comes the rain

So get away all non-believers or the rain’ll never come
Someone keep the fire burning, somebody beat the drum
Some may think I’m crazy for making all these claims
But I swear before the day is over you folks’ll see some rain

So get away all non-believers or the rain’ll never come
Someone keep the fire burning, somebody beat the drum
Some may think I’m crazy for making all these claims
But I swear before the day is over you folks’ll see some rain

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The lyrics for Lizzy And The Rainman are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1972 song by The Hollies. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Lizzy And The Rainman 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 Lizzy And The Rainman - The Hollies 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 Lizzy And The Rainman by The Hollies 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 Lizzy And The Rainman" means the words set to the music of Lizzy And The Rainman, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Hollies. 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 Lizzy And The Rainman and the lyrics to Lizzy And The Rainman are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Hollies who came here looking just for the lyrics to Lizzy And The Rainman, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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