Waits, Tom - Rains On Me Lyrics

“And as he drove on, the rainclouds dragged down the sky after him, for, though he did not know it, Rob McKenna was a Rain God. All he knew was that his working days were miserable and he had a succession of lousy holidays. All the clouds knew was that they loved him and wanted to be near him, to cherish him, and to water him.”

― Douglas Adams, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

42 sir, they worked a ton of years on it and its 42....

Great book

Perfect!

Is Keef singing on this one?

No, it's Chuck E. Weiss, according to some damned thing I just read.

Just a Fuckingenous! Rain on all.God Bless You, Tom Waits! Merci from the deepest snow!*&*)₩:

The vacuous snowflakes listened to - and liked - "Why does it always rain on me" by Travis.
The thinkers who work for a living chose THIS track :-)

All yew sad sacks: "It is a Sad and a Beautiful World …"

Meth coming down. Everywhere I go it rains on me.

It’s not blues, but mr.Waits captures the same unflinching quality of naming the suffering of life so truthfully that the pain transcends into ecstasy. Thanks for keeping the gun out of my mouth, mr. Waits.

Went down into the valley to pray and you guessed it, I got drunk and I stayed all day.

Here is a link if you want to add rain sounds http://www.rainymood.com/?fb_action_ids=4054982311861&fb_action_types=og.likes

Rains on me..............

Wicked. Bad-ass tune.

Yeahhhh

So soothing to a sad soul.

This song comforts me so much.. Thank you Mr. Waits, Thank you!

it rains real music

I'm just drinking.

As the Tom Waits crowd does. You're not alone brother

:iknowthatfeelbro:

hhhhhhhhhhhh.......Tom Waits! monster!

ha ha, very nice comment. your comment is very Tom Waits

frambois please make non alcoholic version . danke

what the crap?

Someone better than Waits at performing one of his songs????
COOL STORY, BRO!!! XD
-_-

Unusual: FOR SURE.
BAD...or even...THE WORST: NO WAY!!!

His voice is unusual to say the least.

That's not a bad voice!!! Did Van Gogh had bad painting??? Did Picasso's drawing was poorly done??? I don't think so!!! That voice it's part of his offering to music...an offering only a few could appreciate.
If call GOOD voice anything that sings pop or opera...that's kinda sad!! :/

Try some of his former albums, for example Closing Time. Tom's voice changed over the years. And yes, he may have an imperfect harsh voice of a drunkard, but that's why his fans love him :)

He doesn't actually drink anymore though, for about 22 years now I think.

While beginning to learn English as a 2nd language some 10-15 years back I didn't know the rewards would be as amafuckingzingly glorious as Waits, Dylan, Cohen, Bukowski, Ginsberg, Keroac etc. Thank you my dead english teacher. Well that sounds sentimental as shit. I will have another stout.

Is that how you talk to Tibetans when they are protesting their genocide? Get a moral compass.

"Anti-racists" say there's a RACE problem. They say it'll be solved when non-Whites pour into ALL & ONLY White nations and "assimilate" to get a brown mixture.
They say only White nations have this RACE problem; they say non-White nations are fine.
If I object to my own genocide these "anti-racists" say I am a naziwhowantstokillsixmillionje¬ws.
They say they're anti-racist. What they are is anti-White.
Anti-racist is a codeword for anti-White.

Gibbering shitgibbon

There's some truth in your words, unluckily.

I don't know what is is with Waits, probably one of the worst voices in music but can't stop listening to him, great songwriter and storyteller in fairness

Millions of people are saved by their ignorance.

Just think that the Glee/American Idol generation will never know the beauty of this imperfectly perfect music.

dont loose hope and faith in the young generations. Waits is an acquired taste

Whiskey and Waits were made for eachother. They belong together. And everytime they're together they make sweet sweaty love. Still, Waits sounds just as good without the Whiskey, but the Whiskey loses some of it's magic without Waits by it's side. I'm drunk, nevermind. Go Waits, thanks.

That's fucking awesome!

oma can listen without drinking binge coots but it tastes even better for the new year so on super (sorry do not speak that language English)

I'll drink to that!

i feel sorry for the three people who can not appreciate his music, his soul, his pain and joy that made so many love him

my highest aspiration is to someday turn the radio on and hear
Tom Waits singing the song about when I turn the radio on and hear the song about when I turn the radio on and here's Tom singing my song.

cela pour dire qu'il ne lui arrive que des tuiles
il n' est pas né pour avoir un brin de chance...

ou qu'il aille, il pleut sur lui vive la pluie !

Everywhere 1 person goes, it rains on them..

The one CD in this set I didn't to rip to my computer and I can find all the songs here, posted by a fellow M-L no less.

Whelp, that's my daily dose of faith in humanity.. :)

lucky to have this out there. if you dont like this I envy your life.

WAS!!! It just passed out!!! XD

I know! Who could NOT like this man's music? He's one of the last true musical artists alive!
Though considering the proximity of the two buttons, they may have hit the DIS button without realizing it... For their sake I hope that's what it was.

everybody feels this way sometime in their life

you must be one of the lucky ones

:closeenough: XD

that *epic moment!!! XD

please do!!! :3

totally stealing this quote!

that keith richards in the background?

You know you either like Tom Waits or you shoot yourself for not liking him.

someones dirnking tom waits - someones listens. tom dont cares. god of soul!

Tom Waits is like kimchi, if you can take the heat and don't mind stinkin' for three days, it's great!

im tom waits and whiskey's drinking me

Skol. :)

i am the listening whiskey, while tom waits is drinking me

"Get my special powders and a'get my fix."

@DSabbah Although, i don't suppose that's concrete proof it wasn't written first.

@DSabbah Actually, Mule Variations came out in '99, Orphans came out in '06. Also, I don't hear that much of a resemblance.

Fantastic.

Long Live Tom Waits period!

This developed into Cold Water on Mule Variations. Come on people.

Bong rips and long sips

I`m drinking gasoline and eat a lightin match while listening to Tom Waits Whisky !!!

I'm drinking Tom Waits' Music while listening to the Whiskey!!!

I'm drinking Whiskey, and listening to Waits

@LeninsVictory @VTECheart Indeed, Rains on me appears on Orphans album.

@LeninsVictory No, it's not only from Free the West Memphis Three, it's also off of the co-writer's CD. Look up Extremely Cool by Chuck E. Weiss next time you're on Amazon.

@LeninsVictory
I stand corrected. Maybe it wasn't on that disc on early copies or something went wrong when I uploaded it, cause I don't have it on my copy of Brawlers on my computer :(

@pEdRoLoCuRa.. that's a hell of a story man, what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger i suppose. keep your head up amigo. i listen to this song whenever I'm sad or lonely it reminds me that I'm not the only one who feels depressed and banished from the world. sometimes misery can be a beautiful thing. thanks for sharing cheers !

I love this song! I"m shocked that this only has five comments including my own.. Viva ToM wAits

everywhere i go...

Wonderful....