It's raining. That would not be such an remarkable thing except for the fact that we have been in a drought for as long as anyone around here can remember. The rain was so welcome...so refreshing...so wonderful that we just sat on the porch and watched it come down. At first, each big drop re-exploded into smaller drops. Then, as it began to rain harder, the air temperature dropped fast and the smell was amazing. It was a smell I had frankly forgotten, but it was so fragrant. Fragrant...that's how life should be.
It got me thinking about all the songs we know about rain. Of course, there's "Rain" (Beatles), "I Wish It Would Rain" (Temptations), "I'm Only Happy When It Rains" (Garbage), "No Rain" (Blind Melon), "Rain Song" (Led Zeppelin), "Let It Rain" (Clapton), "Have You Ever Seen The Rain" (Creedence), "November Rain" (Guns 'N' Roses), "Kentucky Rain" (Elvis), "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" (Willie Nelson), "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" (B.J. Thomas), or even "Chocolate Rain" (Tay Zonday).
If it rains too much, there might be a flood. If you live in Texas, then there might be a "Texas Flood" (Stevie Ray Vaughan). If it get colder, the rain could turn to sleet, hail or even snow, and everything could become "White As Snow" (U2). If the wind picks up, there might be tornadoes, like a "Texas Tornado" (Doug Sahm), but probably not a "G-Spot Tornado" (Zappa). Perhaps, we might even have a hurricane, "Like A Hurricane" (Neil Young). It might "Rock You Like a Hurricane" (Scorpions), or cause a "Tsunami!" (Los Straitjackets). Whatever happens, I hope you are "Trying to Reason with the Hurricane Season" (Jimmy Buffett).
Whatever kind of weather you are having now, I hope it's not "Stormy Weather". I hope you will have "Blue Skies" and "Sunshine on Your Shoulders".
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