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february rain, smoky mountain fire
like a hummingbird to cane
just following desire
watch the firelight
throw shadows across the room
many miles away,
not far from cannery row
he beats on his guitar
and does his little show
and all the people say
you got balls to play the game this way
it's one in a million
so he fills all the holes
with good wine from mussel sholes
and the cencemillian
these streets were bound to cross
maybe lifetimes ago
whenever innocence is lost
we got a long way to go
we got a long way
watch the firelight throw
shadows across the room
and on a rainy night
two lovers held each other tight
in the moonlight
he felt so good in her arms
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shiverforme On Dec 27, 2001
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Is the lyric "And the cencemillian" correct? I thought the line was, "And the SENSIMILLIA." "Sensimillia" (a type of marijuana) seems, to me, to follow "good wine from Mussel Shoals," as both could be understood to be intoxicants he's using in order to cope. However, if "And the cencemillian" IS correct, (and every other lyric site that I'VE checked has the lyric as, "And the cencemillian" as well, so I may be completely off base,) then WHAT is cencemillian? I've tried to look it up, but I haven't found an answer, yet.

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@missmaryevelyn no you're absolutely correct. it's "and the sensimillia"

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this reminds me of somebody i know. this guy... he comes over to my house and he can play that guitar like he built it. he plays just for me. and he looks up and smiles and says: i think that smile on your face is just reserved for me playing for you isnt it? yeah, i just thought about that. k. since there are no other comments its ok i suppose. great song.

Cover art for And On A Rainy Night lyrics by Shawn Mullins

this reminds me of somebody i know. this guy... he comes over to my house and he can play that guitar like he built it. he plays just for me. and he looks up and smiles and says: i think that smile on your face is just reserved for me playing for you isnt it? yeah, i just thought about that. k. since there are no other comments its ok i suppose. great song.

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This song is absolutly beautiful