Original The Temptations version
Hmm-yeah-hmm (ooh)
Sunshine, blue skies, please go away
My girl has found another and gone away
With her went my future, my life is filled with gloom
So day after day I stay locked up in my room
I know to you it might sound strange
But I wish it would rain
(Oh how I wish that it would rain) Oh yeah, yeah, yeah
'Cause so badly I wanna go outside (Such a lovely day)
But everyone knows that a man ain't supposed to cry
Listen, I got to cry, 'cause crying
Ooh eases the pain, oh yeah
People, this hurt I feel inside, words could never explain
I just wish it would rain
(Oh how I wish that it would rain) Oh let it rain, rain, rain, rain
(Oh how I wish that it would rain) Ooh baby
Let it rain (rain, rain), oh yeah
Let it rain
Day in day out, my tear-stained face pressed against the window pane
My eyes search the skies desperately for rain
'Cause rain drops will hide my teardrops
And no one will ever know
That I'm crying (crying), crying (crying) when I go outside
To the world outside my tears I refuse to explain
Oh I wish it would rain
(Oh how I wish that it would rain) Ooh baby
Let it rain, let it rain
I need rain to disguise the tears in my eyes
Oh-oh-oh let it rain
Oh yeah yeah, listen
I'm a man and I've got my pride
'Til it rains I'm gonna stay inside
Let it rain (let it rain, let it rain)
Let it rain (let it rain...)
[Fades out]
I WISH IT WOULD RAIN is a song written by Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong, and Rodger Penzabene and released by The Temptations as a single in 1967. The above lyrics are for the original The Temptations version of I WISH IT WOULD RAIN as released in 1967.
Bruce Springsteen recorded I WISH IT WOULD RAIN and released it on his 2022 album Only The Strong Survive. See the album version for more details.
List of available versions of I WISH IT WOULD RAIN on this website:
I WISH IT WOULD RAIN [Album version]