Rain On The Roof

Label

Kama Sutra Records

Genre

Psychedelic Pop

Media Type

45s

Duration

2:11

Composer(s)

John B. Sebastian

Entered Chart

Oct 15, 1966

Peak Date

Nov 19, 1966

Released

September 1966

Recorded

Unknown

Catalog #

Kama Sutra 216

B-Side

Pow (Theme From "What's Up, Tiger Lily?)

"Rain on the Roof" (sometimes titled "You and Me and Rain on the Roof") is a song by the Canadian-American folk-rock band the Lovin' Spoonful. Written by John Sebastian, the song was released as a single in September 1966,[nb 1] and it was included on the album Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful in November. The song reached number ten on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it the Lovin' Spoonful's sixth-consecutive single to reach the top ten in the United States. "Rain on the Roof" features several guitars played by Sebastian and Zal Yanovsky, as well as an Irish harp. Released three months after the harder-rock styled single "Summer in the City", "Rain on the Roof" represented a return to the softer sound for which the Lovin' Spoonful had become known. Contemporary reviewers noted the difference between the singles, while still positively reviewing "Rain on the Roof".

You and me and rain on the roof,
Caught up in a summer shower,
Drying while it soaks the flowers.
Maybe we'll be caught for hours,
Waiting out the sun.
You and me, we're gathered away
Deep in conversation, sitting in the hay.
Honey, how long was I laughing in the rain with you?
Cause I didn't feel a drop til the thunder brought us to.
You and me underneath a roof of tin.
Pretty comfy feeling, how the rain ain't leaking in.
We can sit and dry just as long as it can pour.
Cause the way it makes you look makes me hope it rains some more.
You and me and rain on the roof,
Caught up in a summer shower.
Drying while it soaks the flowers
Maybe we'll be caught for hours,
Waiting out the sun.