Songs about Weather

Literal or figurative weather...

37 comments:

Sally said...

Over the river and through the woods
To Grandmother's house we go
The horse knows the way to carry the sleigh
Over white and drifted snow, Oh!

-The only Thanksgiving non-hymn I know

Christa said...

Raindrops keep falling on my head
But that doesn't ,eam my eyes will soon be turnin' red

Burt Bachrach

Christa said...

oops

that's supposed to say

But that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turnin' red.

Katie Kiekhaefer said...

Though the weather outside is frightful,
The fire is so delightful
And since we've no place to go
let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

-"Let It Snow" I don't know who wrote it

Sandra Dodd said...

Don't know why
There's no sun up in the sky
Stormy Weather...

Lena Horne, in my head

Unknown said...

And the lightning strikes
And the wind cuts cold
Through the sailor's bones,
Through the sailor's soul,
'Til there's nothing left that he can hold
Except a rolling ocean.

Ready for the Storm
Rich Mullins

Sylvia said...

I'm singing in the rain
Just singing in the rain
What a glorious feelin'
I'm happy again

from the movie

Christa said...

I really can't stay
But baby it's cold outside

Sandra Dodd said...

The snow is really pilin' up outside
I wish you wouldn't make me leave here.

"Two outa Three ain't Bad," Meat Loaf (Jim Steinman words & music)

Christa said...

Sunshine on my shoulder makes me happy
Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry,
Sunshine on the water looks so lovely
Sunshine almost always makes me high

~John Denver

Anonymous said...

I wish I was the brakeman
On a hurtlin’ fevered train
Crashing a-headlong into the heartland
Like a cannon in the rain

Fisherman's Blues
Waterboys

Anonymous said...

Here I am just drowning in the rain
With a ticket for a runaway train

Soul Asylum

Cap'n Franko said...

The weather is frightening.
Thunder and lightning
Seem to be having their way;
But as far as I'm concerned,
It's a lovely day.

Isn't It a Lovely Day - Irving Berlin (Fred Astaire does my favorite version)

Deborah in IL said...

And I wonder
Still I wonder
Who'll stop the rain?

Credence Clearwater Revival

marcia said...

Rainy days and Mondays always get me down.

~the carpenters

Sally said...

If it weren't for the weather,
I'd have lost myself by now.
I have fallen from my mountain,
And I need a distraction.

-"Strange Weather" by David Haldeman

Sandra Dodd said...

The sun is shining
And the grass is green
Under the three feet of snow, I mean

From the South Park movie, written by guys who grew up where it snowed in mid-May this year.

Deborah in IL said...

I can see clearly now the rain has gone
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me down
It's gonna be a bright, bright, bright sunshiney day

Stephen said...

"Both Sides, Now" by Joni Mitchell:

Rows and flows of angel hair
And ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons everywhere
I've looked at clouds that way

But now they only block the sun
They rain and snow on everyone
So many things I would have done
But clouds got in my way


Stephen from Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
http://stephen-has-spoken.blogspot.com/

Anonymous said...

You are my sunshine
My only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are grey...

Anonymous said...

The wild and windy night that the rain washed away, has left a pool of tears crying for the day.
Why leave me standing here.
Let me know the way.

The Beatles ~ The Long and Winding Road

lunabloom said...

oh god could it be the weather
oh god why am i here
if love isn't forever
and it's not the weather
hand me my leather

tori amos...leather

lunabloom said...

and i'll run naked through the streets without my mask on
and i will never need umbrellas in the rain

tori amos...happy phantom

lunabloom said...

oh god could it be the weather
oh god why am i here
if love isn't forever
and it's not the weather
hand me my leather

tori amos...leather

Sandra Dodd said...

I was born in a cross-fire hurricane
And I howled (blah blah blah) in the drivin' rain

"Jumpin' Jack Flash," Rolling Stones

Deborah in IL said...

In the early morning rain
With a dollar in my hand
And an aching in my heart
And my pockets full of sand

Early Morning Rain
Gordon Lightfoot

Deborah in IL said...

Kids are huddled on the beach in the mist

Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen

Deborah in IL said...

Lightning striking again
Lightning striking again and again and again and again

Lou Christie

Deborah in IL said...

I awoke today and found the frost perched on the town
It hovered in a frozen sky then gobbled summer down
When the sun turns traitor cold
And all the trees are shivering in a naked row

Urge for Going
Joni Mitchell

Sandra Dodd said...

In September there come a frost
All of this young man's corn was lost

"The Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn"
(good! It's been running through my head for weeks, and I finally figured out a place to play it.)

Deborah in IL said...

It may be raining
But there's a rainbow above you

Desperado
The Eagles

Clarissa said...

Now the first of December was covered with snow
and so was the turnpike from Stockbridge to Boston

Sweet Baby James - James Taylor

Clarissa said...

I've seen fire and I've seen rain, I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end

Fire and Rain - James Taylor

Clarissa said...

When the rain comes, they run and hide their head

Rai-ai-ai-aiaiaiain, I don't mind
Shi-i-i-iiiiine, the weather's fine


Rain - The Beatles

Clarissa said...

How can you mend a broken heart? How can you stop the rain from falling down? How can you stop the sun from shining? What makes the world go 'round?

The Bee Gees

reldats3 said...

Soon it's gonna rain,I can feel it
Soon it's gonnarain, rain pell-mell
Soon it's gonna rain
And what're we gonna do?

-from "The Fantastiks"

Sandra Dodd said...

Let the stormy clouds chase
Everyone from the place
Come on with the rain,
I've a smile on my face

"Singin' in the Rain"