STORMY WEATHER (Keeps Rainin' All The Time)
words by Ted Koehler, music by Harold Arlen
written in 1933 for Cab Calloway
- sung by Ethel Waters in the Cotton Club Revue in 1933
- lyrics as recorded by Lena Horne in 1941
Don't know why there's no sun up in the sky
Stormy weather
Since my man and I ain't together
Keeps rainin' all the time
Life is bare, gloom and misery everywhere
Stormy weather
Just can't get my poor self together
I'm weary all the time, the time
So weary all the time
Since he went away, the blues walked in and met me
If he stays away, old rockin' chair will get me
All I do is pray the Lord above will let me
Walk in the sun once more
Can't go on, everything I had is gone
Stormy weather
Since my man and I ain't together
Keeps rainin' all the time
Keeps rainin' all the time
I walk around heavy-hearted and sad
Night comes around and I'm still feelin' bad
Rain pourin' down, blindin' every hope I had
This pitterin', patterin', beatin' and spatterin' drives me mad
Love, love, love, love
This misery is just too much for me
Can't go on
Everything I had is gone
Stormy weather
Since my man and I ain't together
Keeps rainin' all the time
Keeps rainin' all the time
source: Dr X
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