I Wish It Would Rain

Hmmm,

Sunshine,

Blue skies,

Please go away.

My girl has found another

And gone away.

With her

Went my future,

My life is filled with gloom.

So day after day,

I stay locked up in my room.

I know to you

It might sound strange.

But I wish it would rain.

(Oh how I wish that it would rain)

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

‘Cause so badly

I wanna go outside.

(Such a lovely day)

But everyone knows

That a man ain’t supposed to cry,

Listen.

I gotta cry

‘Cause cryin’

Eases the pain,

Oh yeah.

People

This hurt I feel

Inside,

Words could never explain.

I just wish it would rain

(Oh how I wish that it would rain)

Oh, let it rain.

Rain, rain, rain.

(Oh how I wish that it would rain)

Oh baby.

Let it rain.

Let it rain.

(Let it rain) Oh yeah, let it rain.

Day in, day out,

My tear-stained face,

Pressed against the window pane.

My eyes

Search the skies,

Desperately for rain.

‘Cause raindrops

Will hide my tear drops.

And no one

Will ever know.

That I’m cryin’,

(Crying) cryin’ (crying)

When I go outside.

To the world outside my tears,

I refuse to explain.

Oh, I wish it would rain.

(Oh how I wish that it would rain)

Oh baby.

Let it rain

(Let it rain),

Let it rain.

I need rain to disguise

The tears in my eyes.

Oh, let it rain.

(Let it rain)

Oh yeah, yeah listen.

I’m a man

And I got my pride.

‘Til it rains

I’m gonna stay inside.

Let it rain (Let it rain) …

Performed by: The Temptations

Written by: Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong, Roger Penzabene