Rainy Day Man (1979 Version)

What good is that happy lie?
All you wanted from the start was to cry, girl

It looks like another fall
Your friends they don't seem to help at all
Now, when you're feelin' kind of cold and small
Just look up your rainy day man

It does you no good to pretend, child
You've made a hole much too big to mend
And it looks like you lose again, my friend
So go on home and look up your rainy day man

Now rainy day man he don't like sunshine
He don't chase rainbows, he don't need good times, no
Grey days rolling, then you'll see him
I said empty feeling, Lord now you need him

All those noble thoughts, they don't belong
Can't hide the truth with a happy song
And since you knew where you stood all along
Just go call up your rainy day man

Now simple pleasures they all evade you
Store-bought treasures, Lord none can save you, no now
Look for signs to ease the pain
I said ask again, go on and pray for rain

It looks like another fall
Your friends they don't seem to help at all
Now, when you're feeling kind of cold and small
Just look up your rainy day man
All I'm askin' just to look up your rainy day man