Lyrics to
Rain

This version of Rain was released by Bette Midler in 1979.

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Come on down lightning.
Come on down thunder.
Come on down raindrops.
Don’t leave me to wonder.
Life ain’t worth loving,
love ain’t worth having
without you.

Come on down heartache.
Come on down pain.
Come on down teardrops,
falling like rain.
Life ain’t worth loving,
love ain’t worth having
without you.

Come on down hurting.
Whoa, that’s for certain.
Whoa-o-oh, coming down blind.
Don’t it feel like it’s skirtin’,
and pouring down rain forever more?
Coming down harder than ever before.

Wahhh, blow on in north wind,
blow in the cold.
Losin’ my senses;
losin’ control.
Whoa, need my baby so bad.
I go crazy without you.

Coming down heavy.
Coming down light.
Coming down daytime.
Coming down all night.
Need my baby so bad.
I go crazy.
Life ain’t worth livin’,
love ain’t worth havin’
without you.

Rainin’ down rain,
pourin’ down pain
without you.

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About Lyrics and Rain by Bette Midler

The lyrics for Rain are defined as the words making up the song released by Bette Midler in 1979. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Rain have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Bette Midler and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Rain by Bette Midler if you think through it. 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 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 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 Bette Midler 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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