Lyrics to
Louisiana Rain

This version of Louisiana Rain was released by Bonnie Tyler in 1979.

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Well it was out in California
By the San Diego Sea
That was when I was taken in
And it left its mark on me
Yeah it nearly drove me crazy
‘Cause I felt I had no choice
Yeah it seemed that I was only marking time
With all those sailor boys

Louisiana rain is falling at my feet
And I’m noticing a change
As I move down the street
Louisiana rain is soaking through my shoes
I may never be the same
When I reach Baton Rouge

South Carolina put out its arms for me
Right up until everything went black
Somewhere on a lonely street
And I still can’t quite remember
Who helped me to my feet
But thank God for this long neck bottle
The angel’s remedy

Louisiana rain is falling just like tears
Running down my face
Washing out the years
Louisiana rain is soaking through my shoes
I may never be the same
When I reach Baton Rouge

Well I never will get over
This English refugee
Singing to the Juke Box in some
All-Nite Beanery
Yeah he was eating hard rock candy
And chasing it with tea
You should have seem him lick his lips
When he looked up at me

Louisiana rain is falling at my feet
And I’m noticing a change
As I move down the street
Louisiana rain is soaking through my shoes
I may never be the same
When I reach Baton Rouge

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Bonnie Tyler has released many songs over the years besides Louisiana Rain. Bonnie Tyler released songs from 1977 to 2005 spanning across albums like The World Starts Tonight, Natural Force (a.k.a. It's A Heartache), Diamond Cut, Goodbye To The Island, Faster Than The Speed Of Night, Secret Dreams And Forbidden Fire, Hide Your Heart (a.k.a. Notes From America), Bitterblue, Angel Heart, Silhouette In Red, Free Spirit, All In One Voice, Heart Strings (a.k.a. Heart & Soul), Simply Believe, and Wings. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Bonnie Tyler.

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About Lyrics and Louisiana Rain by Bonnie Tyler

The lyrics to Louisiana Rain are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Bonnie Tyler used when the song was created in 1979. The lyrics to Louisiana Rain have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Bonnie Tyler and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Louisiana Rain by Bonnie Tyler. 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 Louisiana Rain" means the words set to the music of Louisiana Rain, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bonnie Tyler. 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 Louisiana Rain and the lyrics to Louisiana Rain are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bonnie Tyler who came here looking just for the lyrics to Louisiana Rain, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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