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Lookin' For My Rainbow
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Rock
Lookin' For My Rainbow was released on March 9, 1973 by EMI Catalogue as a part of the album The New Age
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Release DateMarch 9, 1973
LabelEMI Catalogue
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM173

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Canned Heat
Canned Heat
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
James Shane
James Shane
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Skip Taylor
Skip Taylor
Producer

Lyrics

Shades of white and blue and yellow
Hues of red which could make a man mellow
When up is down and down is too low (Up is down and down is too low)
And high is not; now, where can I go? (High is not, where can I go?)
Lookin' for my rainbow (Lookin' for my rainbow)
Lookin' for my rainbow (Lookin' for my rainbow)
Lookin' for my rainbow
We all come from time and space (We all come from time and space)
In vain we search from place to place (Searchin' from place to place)
Feelin' pain and knowin' sorrow (Feelin' pain and knowin' sorrow)
And never thinkin' about tomorrow (Never thinkin' about tomorrow)
Lookin' for my rainbow (Lookin' for my rainbow)
Lookin' for my rainbow (Whoa, I'm lookin' for my rainbow)
Lookin' for my rainbow
There's a way that some men give (There's a way that some men give)
Give what they can give if when they give (Well, well, when they give)
Ain't no time for feelin' down (Ain't no time for feelin' down)
Lord have mercy on all around (Lord have mercy on all around)
Lookin' for my rainbow (Hey, hey, I'm lookin' for my rainbow)
Lookin' for my rainbow (Whoa, I'm lookin' for my rainbow)
Lookin' for my rainbow (Oh yes, I am, yeah)
Sometimes I hear the old whistle blow (Can't you hear that whistle blow?)
See the rusted cans on the boxcar floor (Rusted cans on the boxcar floor)
Shades of white and blue and yellow (Blue and yellow)
Pass by me through the open door (Well, well, that open door)
Lookin' for my rainbow (I'm lookin' for my rainbow)
Lookin' for my rainbow (I'm lookin' for my rainbow)
Lookin' for my rainbow (Oh yes, I am)
Crystal lady, my one friend (Well, you're my friend)
And the red on white tells her where I've been (Now, you know just where I've been, now)
And if this life should end for me (When this life should end for me)
I know my life has no guarantee (Know my life got no guarantee)
'Cause I'm lookin' for my rainbow (Whoa, lookin' for my rainbow)
Lookin' for my rainbow (Lookin' for my rainbow)
Lookin' for my rainbow (Lookin' for my rainbow)
Lookin' for my rainbow (I'm lookin' for my rainbow)
Lookin' for my rainbow (Whoa, lookin' for my rainbow)
Lookin' for my rainbow (Yes, I'm lookin' for my rainbow)
Lookin' for my rainbow (yeah, yeah)
Written by: James Shane
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