We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.
/

lyrics

It must be six months since when we first met
And I don’t like to admit it but it was better when I hid it
The love was great but it didn’t take too long
Before I wasn’t strong and it all went wrong

So I had a few to relax
And I went down by the tracks
To a darker place inside
But I was open wide, thinking

Why does it rain every time I touch you
Every time I think I found exactly what I need
Tell me why do I cry every night when I am without you
And loneliness is all that I can feel

But when the sun shines down and you’re still not around
The thing I miss the most I can’t explain
Baby, why does it rain

Well I drank myself to sleep every night for a week
When I didn’t hear from you, oh Lord I wanted to
And the whiskey spoke your name and it sang about the pain
Of wondering where you are and if you still care

Then I had a few to relax
And took a walk ‘cross the tracks
To a darker place inside
But I was open wide, saying

Why does it rain every time I touch you
Every time I think I found exactly what I need
Tell me why do I cry every night when I am without you
And loneliness is all that I can feel

But when the sun shines down and you’re still not around
The thing I miss the most I can’t explain
Baby, why does it rain

And it won’t stop raining
Your heart remaining
Between such self-defense and self-defeat

So you call your lover
And then you discover
A thousand little cracks in the concrete

credits

from Eleven Years Of Silence, released July 1, 2015
Words and music copyright 2015 by James Tristan Redding. Registered with BMI. All rights reserved.

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

James Tristan Redding Nashville, Tennessee

British-American songwriter, singer, audiobook narrator, studio player, Godin Guitars official artist.

Founded global collective www.SongAWeek.org, performance art experience The Under Over: tinyurl.com/uoxuo (song circle underneath a highway) and writing retreat www.TheNashville24.com (annual challenge: write 24 songs in 24 hours).

Cuts by Sarah Harralson, Eli Alger, Emma Gale, David Easterling
... more

contact / help

Contact James Tristan Redding

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like James Tristan Redding, you may also like: