This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
The flies have quit their buzzing
Even Bear has stopped his barking
They all sense something brewing
Up the James and headed this way
Bobby sips his morning coffee
Says 'Have you finished with the funnies?
Looks like a storm's coming honey
Guess we'll have to stay in bed today'
I've heard that into every life
A little of it must fall
If there's any truth to the saying,
Lord, let it be a southern rain
Marie was born in Macon, Georgia
She met a west coast lawyer
He plucked that sweet magnolia
And carried her to the hills of West L.A.
She says 'I never thought I'd tire of a dollar
But this life has grown so hollow
Every night there's lipstick on his collar
And every morning I wash it away'
She heard that into every life
A little of it must fall
So she spends her evenings praying
For a little of that southern rain
Cars alive on city streets
Of sparkling black water
Like waves beneath my window
Never break just roll away
Tonight, this rain will be my lullaby
These cars, my dreams
To carry me home to stay
The wipers beat a rhythm
Truck spray obscures my vision
But I'm closing in on my destination
Two more hours and I'll be at your door
And it will never cease to amaze me
How a little rain can drive folks crazy
When I'd trade all my blue skies gladly
For your blue eyes, crooked smile
And a steady downpour
I've heard that into every life
A little of it must fall,
But you'll never catch me complaining
About too much of that southern rain
Even Bear has stopped his barking
They all sense something brewing
Up the James and headed this way
Bobby sips his morning coffee
Says 'Have you finished with the funnies?
Looks like a storm's coming honey
Guess we'll have to stay in bed today'
I've heard that into every life
A little of it must fall
If there's any truth to the saying,
Lord, let it be a southern rain
Marie was born in Macon, Georgia
She met a west coast lawyer
He plucked that sweet magnolia
And carried her to the hills of West L.A.
She says 'I never thought I'd tire of a dollar
But this life has grown so hollow
Every night there's lipstick on his collar
And every morning I wash it away'
She heard that into every life
A little of it must fall
So she spends her evenings praying
For a little of that southern rain
Cars alive on city streets
Of sparkling black water
Like waves beneath my window
Never break just roll away
Tonight, this rain will be my lullaby
These cars, my dreams
To carry me home to stay
The wipers beat a rhythm
Truck spray obscures my vision
But I'm closing in on my destination
Two more hours and I'll be at your door
And it will never cease to amaze me
How a little rain can drive folks crazy
When I'd trade all my blue skies gladly
For your blue eyes, crooked smile
And a steady downpour
I've heard that into every life
A little of it must fall,
But you'll never catch me complaining
About too much of that southern rain
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Hi everyone! As I'm not an english speaker and I'm trying to translate this song, could anyone tell me what "the James" is? Thanks
Hi @desafinado64 <br /> <br /> I interpret the song as being about an unhappy woman living in Southern USA, probably Virginia, where there is a well known river called the James.<br /> <br /> I feel the song title refers to both the cleansing power of the rains in the southern states, as well as the good that can come from change.
I think the reference of southern rain pertains to 'southern wetness' if you catch my drift. It's ostensibly a song about how wonderful sex can be for a woman.
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southern wetness?? Shes obviously married to a man that she doesn't love. She dreams of a blue eyed man at her home (south). I believe jenseda is right. The "southern" rain represents the change she dreams of