Here Comes the Rain Again!

The dark, ominous clouds have rolled in. Flashes of lightning in the distance and thunder rolling in seconds later. The humidity is causing static to fill the air and the breeze, slight, is heavy almost like molasses. It reminds me of why I love a storm. The anticipation of the sky parting and a down pour splashing on the ground...spat...splat..splat. A melodic rhythm of boom, splat, boom splat. All the street lights begin to shine in the darkening landscape. To me a cleansing, a baptism into the new.

The sky outside is dark grey, thunder clasping at anyone who will listen. Lightning streaking across the horizon making sure that pedestrians are aware it is on the way. I am watching these inhabitants stare at the sky then run to their cars as the droplets begin to make contact. A bright afternoon has suddenly transformed into a shadowy period of empty streets and quiet sidewalks. Here comes the rain again.

There are so many great songs about rain. I made a playlist of them on Spotify. It is time to put in my headphones and listen as I watch the miraculous atmospheric occurrence.


Singin’ in the Rain Gene KellyLet it Rain -Eric ClaptonHere Come the Rain Again- EurythmicsPurple Rain-PrinceRain-the BeatlesRaindrops Keep Falling on My Head- BJ ThomasLooks Like Rain-Grateful DeadBuckets of Rain-Bob DylanWho’ll Stop The Rain? Creedence Clearwater RevivalI wish It Would Rain Down-Phil CollinsI Wish It Would Rain The TemptationsNovember Rain Guns ‘n RosesNo Rain Blind MelonFire and Rain James TaylorHave You Ever Seen The Rain? Creedence Clearwater RevivalA Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall Bob DylanA Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall Edie Brickell