Lyrics to
Standin’ In The Rain

This version of Standin’ In The Rain was released by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) in 1977.

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(Concerto for a rainy day…)
(Rain…)

I’m standing in the rain
I’m waiting all alone
I’m so tired
I wanna go home.

I’m standing in the rain
Getting soaking wet
I’m doing my best
But what do I get?

I’m standing in the rain
Can’t seem to get along
People rushing by
Wish they could hear my song.

I’m standing in the rain
It’s teeming down on me
Cats & dogs
I wanna be free.

I’m standing in the rain
Doing my thing
I’m trying my best
What does it bring?
I’m standing in the rain
Getting soaking wet
I’m doing my best
But what does it get?

The good intentions and the pain
Lay drowned now in the pouring rain
I tried to be so good this time
But here I am under the sky.

The good intentions and the pain
Lay drowned now in the pouring rain.

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You can understand the lyrics to Standin’ In The Rain if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Standin’ In The Rain" means the words set to the music of Standin’ In The Rain, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo). 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 Standin’ In The Rain and the lyrics to Standin’ In The Rain are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) who came here looking just for the lyrics to Standin’ In The Rain, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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