Lyrics to
Rain

This version of Rain was released by Barry Manilow in 1979.

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Gray clouds rollin’over my head
I can see a storm in the sky
All night long you’re tossin’ in bed
All night long I’m outa my head it’s

Rain
Fallin’ down from the sky
Kissin’ my love goodbye
Rain fallin’down
I can’t take the
Rain
Washin’ my love away
I’m cryin’ for yesterday
Rain fallin’ down

Gray clouds rollin’ over my head
I can see a storm in the sky
Don’t know where this lovin’ has led
Why can’t there be sun instead of

Rain
Fallin’down from the sky
Kissin’ my love goodbye
Rain fallin’down
I can’t take the
Rain
Washin’my love away
I’m cryin for yesterday
Rain fallin’ down

Darlin you got to stop the rain
Only you can stop the rain
Only you can do it

Darlin you got to stop the rain
Only you can stop the rain
Only you can stop it

Everything is falling apart
And I don’t think I can stand the rain anymore

No’ no more , no more rain
No more rain

Stop the rain, stop the rain from falling down
I’ve got to stop the rain from falling down
You and me babe
What we had was good
Oh I knew we could have made it

I can’t take this rain
Falling down from the sky
Kissing my love goodbye
Rain fallin down
Someone stop the rain
Washing my love away
Crying for yesterday
Rain falling down

Women you got to stop the rain
Only you can stop the rain
Only you can do it
Darlin you got to stop the rain
Only you can stop this rain
Only you can do it
Baby you got to stop the rain
Only you can stop the rain
Only you can help me
Babe you got to stop the rain

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Barry Manilow has released many songs over the years besides Rain. Barry Manilow released songs from 1973 to 2008 spanning across albums like Barry Manilow I, Barry Manilow II, Tryin' To Get The Feeling, This One's For You, Even Now, One Voice, Barry, If I Should Love Again, Here Comes The Night, 2:00 AM Paradise Cafe, Manilow, Swing Street, Barry Manilow, Because It's Christmas, Showstoppers, Singing With The Big Bands, Summer Of '78, Manilow Sings Sinatra, Here At The Mayflower, A Christmas Gift Of Love, Scores: Songs From Copacabana And Harmony, The Greatest Songs Of The Fifties, The Greatest Songs Of The Sixties, The Greatest Songs Of The Seventies, In The Swing Of Christmas, and The Greatest Songs Of The Eighties. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Barry Manilow.

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About Lyrics and Rain by Barry Manilow

The lyrics to Rain are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Barry Manilow in 1979. Elements of the lyrics to Rain are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Barry Manilow and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Rain back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Rain by Barry Manilow in a number of 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 Rain" means the words set to the music of Rain, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Barry Manilow. 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 Rain and the lyrics to Rain are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Barry Manilow who came here looking just for the lyrics to Rain, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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