Love, Reign O'er Me

The Who

Only love
Can make it rain
The way the beach is kissed by the sea
Only love
Can make it rain
Like the sweat of lovers
Laying in the fields

Love reign o'er me
Love reign o'er me, rain on me, rain on me

Only love
Can bring the rain
That makes you yearn to the sky
Only love
Can bring the rain
That falls like tears from on high

Love reign o'er me, rain on me, rain on me
Love reign o'er me, rain on me, rain on me

On the dry and dusty road
The nights we spend apart alone
I need to get back home to cool, cool rain
I can't sleep and I lay and I think
The night is hot and black as ink
Oh God, I need a drink of cool, cool rain

Love reign o'er me, rain over me, over me, over me, oh
Love reign o'er me, whoa, on me

Love


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    For my ears as I have now lived and loved for what will be 50 years in 2023, this is the greatest song ever written and performed perfectly proving yet again why they were (not the beatles, stones or zeppelin) the best band on the planet!

    VJS1965on June 19, 2022   Link

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