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Rain Stopped Play

from Seven Long Years by Bill Rutherford

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lyrics

I was singing on the street
My little Roland at my feet
When the whimsy of the weatherman
Decreed that I should change my plans
A fellow passing near
Saw me packing up my gear
And he offered me that Wimbledon refrain.

Rain stopped play
Rain stopped play
Looks like I won’t be making music
On the streets today
‘Cause rain stopped play

A nearby alcove kept me dry
While my spirits still rode high
With increasing inclination to ignore precipitation
And maintain erstwhile intentions of impromptu entertainment
But few more songs were needed before the weather would be heeded.
As I felt the rain extinguishing the fire from my voice.

Rain stopped play
Rain stopped play
Looks like I won’t be making music
On the streets today
‘Cause rain stopped play

So as I lamented how the rain had prevented
My short serenade from attracting a crowd
I looked at reality with that stoic mentality
Of which all we English are quietly proud

For the best English weather is capricious and never
Do the sun wind or rain endure

Rain stopped play
Rain stopped play
But I know I’ll soon be making music
On the streets another day
‘Cause the rains not here to stay

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from Seven Long Years, released December 24, 2018

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Bill Rutherford England, UK

Bill’s childhood was itinerant and tumultuous. Travelling round the globe before he turned seven, his family eventually settled in Kent, UK. Music and songwriting were interests from an early age, but not till Bill's teenage years did the carousel of hobbies finally come to rest, with a guitar in one hand, drum sticks in the other, and a head full of effervescing dreams of rock & roll symphonies. ... more

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