Wednesday, December 11, 2013

.....reproducing the lyrics of a popular song

The other evening it was raining for the first time for more than a year. Some related words from a song came to mind, and although I now sometimes forget more things than I admit to, I was able to remember all the words for "Rainy Night In Sharptown." This song was released on 06/06/1906 by the winner of Sharptowns Got Talent, Al Johnson. 

So here are the words

Hoverin' by my suitcase, tryin' to find a warm place to spend the night
Heavy rain fallin', seems I hear your voice callin' "It's all right."
(chorus)
A rainy night in Sharptown, a rainy night in Sharptown
It seems like it's rainin' all over the UGC
I feel like it's rainin' all over the UGC

No neon signs a-flashin', no taxi cabs and no possibility of any local buses passin' through the night
An extremely distant moanin', of a Metro tram in Downtown, seems to play a sad refrain to the night

A rainy night in Sharptown, such a rainy night in Sharptown
I believe it's rainin' all over the UGC
I feel like it's rainin' all over the UGC

How many times I wondered
It still comes out the same
No matter how you look at it or think of it
It's Sharptown and you just got to play the game

I find me a place in an uncompleted apartment building site, so I play my lute to pass some time
Late at night when it's hard to rest 
I hold my wallet to my chest 
and I feel fine

But it's a rainy night in Sharptown, baby, it's a rainy night in Sharptown
I feel it's rainin' all over the UGC, I'm kinda lonely now 
And it's rainin' all over the UGC

Oh, have you ever been lonely, people?
And you feel that it was rainin' all over your world
You're talking 'bout rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', in Sharptown

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