Lyrics Electric Light Orchestra - Concerto For A Rainy Day

I'm standin' in the rain
I'm waiting all alone
I'm so tired
I wanna go home
I'm standin' in the rain
Getting soaking wet
I'm doin' my best
But what do I get?

I'm standin' in the rain, can't seem to get along
Oh, people rushing by, wish they could hear my song

I'm standin' in the rain
It's teeming down on me
Cats and dogs
Hey, I wanna be free

I'm standin' in the rain, doin' my thing
I'm trying my best but what does it bring?
I'm standing in the rain, getting soaking wet
I'm doing my best but what do I get?

The good intentions and the pain
Lay drowned now in the pouring rain
I tried to be so good this time
But here I am under the sky

I've been thinkin' it over,
So many times they say you got it made
They never understand
The answer lies within your soul
'Cause no one know which side the coin will fall
Big wheels turnin'
Baby, I know, or not at all
Big wheels turnin'
Baby, I know, or not at all
Big wheels turnin', turnin'.

Save it for a rainy day,
For when the cold wind blows just to see how they run
I thought they'd know
I tried my best all I could do
But somehow, it was not enough for you.
Big wheels turnin'
Baby I know, or not at all
Big wheels turnin'
Baby, I know.
Big wheels turnin'.

[I remember the dead of night,
A lonely light that shines upon the window.
I see it all so clear,
The tenderness, the silent tears
Out here in the pouring rain
Through cold dark waiting days I see you standing there
I see the big wheels turnin'
Never endin', on and on they go.]

I think I'm goin' home,
I think I'm gonna have to start again
It's rather sad because I've looked around
Can't seem to find whatever's always rollin'
Through my mind
Big wheels turnin'
Baby I know, through my mind
Big wheels turnin',
Baby I know
Big wheels turnin'.

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I have waited for your love
For so long. How do I go on?
I have told you so many times,
It's no good you're treatin' me so wrong.
Out there so far away,
Above the sky will say for you

Here it comes again
It's all around me
It must be magic
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I can see you in my mind,
The lost time that you're savin'.
I could reach out and touch you.
What can I do? The sun ain't shinin'.
Out there so far away,
Above the sky will say for you,
Only for you

Here it comes again
(Summer and lightning)
It's all around me
(Summer and lightning)
It must be magic
(Summer and lightning)
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Sun is shinin' in the sky,
There ain't a cloud in sight
It's stopped rainin'
Everybody's in a play
And don't you know
It's a beautiful new day

Runnin' down the avenue
See how the sun shines brightly
In the city on the streets
Where once was pity
Mister Blue Sky is living here today

Mister Blue Sky, please tell us why
You had to hide away for so long
Where did we go wrong?

Hey you with the pretty face
Welcome to the human race
A celebration
Mister Blue Sky's up there waitin' and today
Is the day we've waited for

Oh, Mister Blue Sky, please tell us why
You had to hide away for so long
Where did we go wrong?
Hey there, Mister Blue
We're so pleased to be with you
Look around, see what you do
Everybody smiles at you

Mister Blue, you did it right
But soon comes Mister Night
Creepin' over
Now his hand is on your shoulder
Never mind I'll remember you this
I'll remember you this way