Acid Rain

Written by: 
J. Martyn, A. Thomson
1 Nov 1984

The rain came down,
I heard the sound of yesterday's tv.
Rain came down,
Burning down the highway.
Rain keeps falling;
Raindrops keep on fooling me.
Rain keeps falling,
Raindrops keep on getting in my eyes.

[hear the cough? 0:56]

The rain fell down,
I heard the sound of yesterday's tv.
Rain fell down,
I heard the sound upon the trees.
The words keep failing;
Words that keep on fooling me.
Raindrops falling,
Falling in my eyes.

Every time it rains, I turn the tv on.
Every time it rains, I run away and hide.
Every time it rains, I run on home alone.
Every time it rains - acid rain,
Acid stupid rain.
Heard the rain,
I said rain, I said stupid.

Rain keeps falling, falling on us everyone;
Rain keeps falling, burning in our eyes.

Every time it rains, I run away and hide.
Every time it rains, I cover up my head.
Every time it rains, I run into my house.

{Elephant talk guitar solo by Barry Reynolds}

Every time it rains, burning in my eyes.
Every time it rains, I run on down the night.
Every time it rains, I cover up my eyes
Every time it rains, I run on home to my house.
Every time it rains, I've got to call the children home.
Every time it rains, I cover up my head.
Every time it rains, I cover up my garden.
Every time it rains, dripping in my eyes.

Every time it rains, acid rain.
You can't fool me, it's not water at all;
Just acid rain, dripping from the skies.
Acid rain, just burning in my eyes.

sitenote:
Environmental song, sort of an upswing towards contributing to the Turning The Tide project by professor David Bellamy, in 1986.

First release: