THE WIND AND THE RAIN^©

Steel Mill Retro's version

Yeah!

Now the wind and the rain slashin' at my window pane
The lightning's flashing, looks the sky's gone insane
And it looks like you have lied again
And now all I'm left with is the wind and the rain
Oh, shattered truth, jagged memories of you
You know it's hard, them dreams that just can't come true
And how long has it been since I've known you
Now the wind and the rain's my only truth, yeah!

Summertime, summertime, memories when you were mine
And now I guess that's left so far behind
Can't you see what you've done to my mind
Yeah the wind and the rain's forever mine
Yeah yeah yeah the time shorn it up
And the world has left me far too tough
Now you know where I stood when the going got rough
I said the wind and the rain is all love
I said the wind and the rain my only love
You know the wind and the rain's my only love

Wintertime, memories of when you were mine
Oh let 'em shine, the golden moments lost in time
Now I hear the grandfather chime
Wind and rain is forever mine

Ohhh yeah!
Oh yeah!
Yeah!

Wind and the rain slashin' at my window pane
And it seems like you have lied again
Now I guess things will remain the same
Cause all I'm left with is the wind and the rain
Well hasn't time showed you enough
And the years have made me far too tough
Now you know where I stood when the going got rough
I said the wind and the rain's my only love
I said the wind and the rain's my only love
I said the wind and the rain's my only love
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Oh-oh oh-oh, oh-oh-oh oh-oh
Oh-oh oh-oh, oh-oh-oh oh-oh
Oh-oh oh-oh, oh-oh-oh oh-oh
Oh-oh oh-oh, oh-oh-oh oh-oh
Oh-oh oh-oh, oh-oh-oh oh-oh
Oh-oh oh-oh, oh-oh-oh oh-oh
Oh-oh oh-oh, oh-oh-oh oh-oh

Page last updated: 18 Sep 2007

Vini "Mad Dog" Lopez had begun drumming with Bruce Springsteen in 1969, playing in the bands Child, Steel Mill, Dr. Zoom And The Sonic Boom, and The Bruce Springsteen Band, before what would become known as The E Street Band came together in 1972. He played drums on Springsteen's first two albums, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. and The Wild, The Innocent, & The E Street Shuffle. He then left the band in 1974 after being asked to resign because of his opposition to Mike Appel, Springsteen's ex-manager.

After leaving the E Street Band, Lopez became one of Jersey Shore's most popular bandleaders, and still ranks as one of it's best drummers. In 2001, he had the idea of forming a new band who performs and records Steel Mill music as its main line business, music that was not performed for over 40 years, and that has never been officially released (with the exception of Robbin Thompson's GUILTY).

During The Rising Tour, Lopez met backstage with Bruce Springsteen at the 21 Jul 2003 show at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ, and approval was given to perform and record Steel Mill songs. Vini then joined Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band onstage that night, playing drums on SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT.

In 2004, Lopez forms his new band, Steel Mill Retro, who mostly performs Steel Mill songs in the New Jersey Shore area. In 2005, they released The Dead Sea Chronicles, a 9-track album, 8 of which are Springsteen compositions from the Child / Steel Mill era. The album was relased on their own record label, on Steel Mill Retro LLC. In 2007, "Retro" was dropped and the band's name became "Steel Mill". In addition, a remastered reissue of The Dead Sea Chronicles was released by Mega International Records, and was credited to "Steel Mill".

THE WIND AND THE RAIN is the 7th track on the album, and the above lyrics refer to that Steel Mill Retro reincarnation. Check also Bruce's early original version and live 24 Apr 1970 version.