From the recording Wet Weather
I attribute the spark that got the ball rolling on this song to Larry Richert during a broadcast of the NewsRadio 1020 KDKA Morning Program. Along with his co-host, John Shumway, Larry has to be the bearer of an inclement weather forecast on many a rainy day.
As I was making coffee one morning, I felt noticeably deflated when I looked out at the panoramic but cloudy vista of the Pittsburgh skyline from my elevated perch-top in Greenfield and heard Larry announce "There's wet weather in the forecast for the next few days." Precisely NOT what I was in the mood to hear!
A side note for trivia buffs...KDKA AM is the world's first commercial radio station.
Got up this morning
Poured my coffee
Fought rush hour traffic
The weatherman predicts a sunny day
Boot up my computer
Check my email
You write, “the weather is great where you are
I wish that i was there”
I should be drinkin’ up the sunshine
But my heart is drenched in rain
There’s always wet weather
Everyday when you’re not here
Torrential drops of rain keep pouring down
Everybody thinks i’m happy
It’s a picture-perfect day
But my sky is always grey
When you’re away
Went out with a good friend
To a party
Everybody‘s joking and laughing
Sat in the corner all night long
Ordered a rum drink
With an umbrella
The kind we drank in jamaica
The night we made love on the beach till dawn
You love those cute little decorations
Sippin’up our lovin’in the sun
Repeat chorus
It’s midnight
I can’t sleep
I should be dreamin' i’m tossing and turning
I reach for you you’re still not there
Outside my room the moon is smiling
And there’s not a cloud in the sky but
Repeat chorus