Rainy Day, Dream Away

Album: Electric Ladyland (1968)
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  • Hey man, take a look out the window 'n' see what's happenin'
    Hey man, it's rainin'
    It's rainin' outside man
    Aw, don't worry 'bout that
    Everything's gonna be everything
    We'll get into somethin' real nice you know
    Sit back and groove on a rainy day
    Yeah
    Yeah I see what you mean brother, lay back and groove

    Rainy day, dream away
    Ah let the sun take a holiday
    Flowers bathe an' ah see the children play
    Lay back and groove on a rainy day

    Well I can see a bunch of wet creatures, look at them on the run
    The carnival traffic noise it sings the tune splashing up 'n'
    Even the ducks can groove rain bathin' in the park side pool
    And I'm leanin' out my window sill diggin' everything
    And ah and you too

    Rainy day, rain all day
    Ain't no use in gettin' uptight
    Just let it groove its own way
    Let it drain your worries away yeah
    Lay back and groove on a rainy day hey
    Lay back and dream on a rainy day Writer/s: Jimi Hendrix
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  • Curd from Heidelberg, Germany"Rainy day, dream away" is only the first half of the recording. The second one is "still raining, still dreaming". On the vinyl you'll find the first one as the start on side 3, and the second one as the start on side 4. When you have a digital recorder, you can put back together the two parts at ca. 3:10 (instrumental break), and you'll see, that someone cut the whole number into 2 parts, that once were one. I still don't know why they did that, and why they separated it in a manner, so there's no sequential listening order possible...?

    I wonder if the separation between the 2 parts belonging together "Rainy day, dream away" (nr.1 on side 3) and "still raining, still dreaming" (nr.1 on side 4) was only done by some executive behind some desk, who can't play music, but still wanted to get his share of royalties for his "arranging contribution".
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