Billy said this town is dying

It's dying just to be like me

He was fighting everything in sight

Died when he was 23

I used to meet him down at his cafe

He had one eye on the door

And the other on the writing on the wall

He'd get restless and angry and we'd all laugh

'Cause we weren't really scared

We was his friends, he wouldn't hurt us at all

And all he'd say was rain, rain, rain

Rain, rain, rain

Rain, rain, rain

Rain, rain, rain

We gotta leave this town

And glover was a dancer

Imitating eddie cochran by the jukebox

In the corner of the room

'Til he was lost

Barry 'n me, we used to escape, playing i go ape

Wearing italian clothes drinking cider talking in the rain

Hey babe, come over here, let me buy you a beer, what's your name

She said "boy, it doesn't really matter, don't you see?

You ain't what i want, you ain't what i need

You ain't what i fancy, you ain't what i dream of 'n i'd silently leave

[unknown] you're ugly

Rain, rain, rain

Rain, rain, rain

Rain, rain, rain

Rain, rain, rain

I gotta leave this place

My history is a cop-out

Somewhere in the dark i got scared 'cause i knew i was gonna loose

You know that feeling you get in your guts, all that frustration when you know

You're going nuts

You gotta make a move

There was billy and glover and pacer and taylor and valerie and barry

I remember what he said about that town

He said "i went to london once, came back

Wiped the tears from my eyes, looked out the window

And it was still pouring down

More of that rain, rain, rain

Rain, rain, rain

Rain, rain, rain

Rain, rain, rain."

I'm gonna get a train

Never coming back again

'cause if i did it would be the same

Boy, you really messed up my brain

All of that rain rain rain

Rain rain rain

Rain rain rain

Rain rain rain

Take your washing off the line

Take your washing off the line

Take your washing off the line

Take the washing off the line

It's gonna rain

It's gonna rain