Oran “Juice” Jones: The Rain

Remarks:

One of the best breakup songs ever. If only life were this simple! A pity that Mr Jones was a one-hit wonder. The song went to #1 on the American R&B chart in 1986, #9 on the pop chart  and #4 in Britain. Ledisi did a cover.

Lyrics:

I saw you (and him) walking in the rain;
you were holding hands and I’ll never be the same.

Tossing and turning another sleepless night
the rain crashes against my window pane
Jumped into my car didn’t drive too far,
that moment I knew I would never be the same.
‘Cause

I saw you (and him) walking in the rain;
you were holding hands and I’ll never be the same.

Now here you are begging to me to give our love another try
Girl I love you and I always will
but darling right now I’ve got to say goodbye.
‘Cause

I saw you (and him) walking in the rain;
you were holding hands and I’ll never be the same.
I saw you (and him) walking in the rain;
you were holding hands and I’ll never be the same.
I saw you ….

Hey, hey baby how ya doin’ come on in here
Got some hot chocolate on the stove waiting for you
Listen first things first let me hang up the coat
Yeah how was your day today? Did you miss me?
You did? Yeah? I missed you too
I missed you so much I followed you today
That’s right now close your mouth ’cause you cold busted
That’s right, now sit down here, sit down here
I’m so upset with you I don’t know what to do
My first impulse was to run up on you and do a Rambo
I was about to jam you and flat blast both of you
But I ain’t wanna mess up this thirty-seven hundred dollar lynx coat
So instead I chilled – That’s right chilled
Then I went up the bank… took out every dime.
And then I went and canceled all those credit cards, yeah
All your charge accounts, yeah
I stuck you up for every piece of jewelry I ever bought you!
Yeah that’s right, everything, everything,
Don’t go lookin’ in that closet ’cause you ain’t got nuthin’ in there
Everything you came here with is packed up and waiting for you in the guest room.
That’s right, what was you thinking about, huh?
What you trying to prove, huh? This is the Juice!
I gave you silk suits, Gucci handbags, blue diamonds.
I gave you things you couldn’t even pronounce,
but now I can’t give you nothing but advice.
But you’re still young, yeah that’s right, you’re still young.
I hope you learn a valuable lesson from this, you know
And you’re gonna find somebody like me one of these days…
Until then, you know what you gotta do?
You gotta get on outta here with that alley-cat-coat-wearing, Hush-Puppy-shoe-wearing crumbcake I saw you with. Cause you dismissed!

That’s right, silly rabbit, tricks are made for kids, don’t you know that?
You without me is like Corn Flakes without the milk!
This is my world. You’re just a squirrel trying to get a nut!
Now get on outta here. Scat!
Don’t touch that coat…