I Think It's Going to Rain Today

Album: Randy Newman (1968)
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  • Lyrics currently unavailable Writer/s: Randy Newman
    Publisher: Songtrust Ave, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Comments: 4

  • D from MauiSo, Randy, who kicked you to the ground, who else couldn't get through to you in your pain, with their cavalier dismissive attitude? Unkempt broken places, fancy jazzed up people in gray. Cities, right? No place to be broken hearted.
    So why did you reject such a beautiful expression? Because you needed to cut free to heal?
    Yep. I get that
  • Sam Powell from Kaneohe, HiI'm sad to read that Newman retrospectively dislikes these lyrics. I disagree with him. It portrays exactly how I feel about homelessness. There is nothing darker than the attitudes and behaviors shown toward the most impoverished and down on their luck among us, and Randy Newman has captured that perfectly here.This song rips my heart out of my chest and scars it each time I hear it.
  • Anna from AustraliaPlayed at my mothers funeral 37 years ago
  • Gw from Los AngelesRe: I think it’s going to rain today. Discovered and intrigued by the Neil Diamond cut. I’ve always wanted to know what the reference was? Love the song!
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