"IT'S RAINING" (CLIQUE E OUÇA)

Ouvir Irma Thomas é um prazer mas ouvi-la a cantar "It's Raining" e imaginar New Orleans à chuva, as gotas a caír dos beirais, um pianista qualquer tipo Dr John a tocar sózinho numa sala em madeira onde roda uma ventoinha...ah e não esquecer o copo de bourbon em cima do piano...
Bom, "It's Raining" é uma delícia...

"It's Raining"

de Naomi Neville ( pseudónimo usado na época por Allain Toussaint)

cantada pela inimitável Irma Thomas
"Drip drop
Drip drop
Drip drop
Drip drop
It's raining so hard
Looks like it's gonna rain all night
And this is the time
I'd love to be holding you tight
But I guess I'll have to accept
The fact that you're not here
I wish the rain would hurry up
And end, my dear
It's raining so hard
It's really coming down
Sittin' by my window
Watching the rain fall to the ground
This is the timeI'd love to be holding you tight
But I guess I'll just go crazy tonight
It's raining so hard
It brings back memories
Of the time
That you were here with me
Counting every drop
About to lose my top
I wish the rain would hurry up and stop
I've got the blues so bad
I can hardly catch my breath
The harder it rains
The worse it gets
This is the time
I'd love to be holding you tight
But I guess I'll just go crazy tonight
Drip drop Drip dropDrip drop.. "

Na sequência do Furacão Katrina, Irma Thomas perdeu o "Lion's Den", o bar de que era co-proprietária, perdeu a casa e vive agora em Gonzales, a norte de New Orleans, num recém-comprado bungalow. A sua morada actual é:

P.O. Box 1274
Gonzales, LA 70707-1274
USA