I moved to Cape Town at the start of winter. My impressions of that long ago first winter in Cape Town was that it poured with rain every day – for weeks on end. And it was a very cold, very wet sort of rain. Totally unlike the warm summer rain I had known when living in Durban.
Summer Rain is a nostalgic reflection on the gentle warm rain of my previous home city – hope you enjoy it!
Summer Rain
Summer’s here again
Brings with it the rain on my window.
The air outside is still
Summer rain drifts, cool, through my window.I know it’s not enough
To sit inside and watch.Chorus:
Feel it, hear it, taste it, touch it
Believe in the summer rain.
Feel it, hear it, taste it, touch it
Free yourself to the summer rain.Oil slicks all around
Dance with rainbows on the ground beneath my feet.
The stillness of it all
Makes no sound at all.The warm mist on the road
Reveals the way to go.Guitar break – one verse.
Like a summer kiss of grace
The warm rain on my face.Chorus:
Feel it hear it, taste it, touch it,
Believe in the summer rain.
See it, feel it, hear it, taste it
Free yourself to the summer rain.Lightning crashing down
Thunder rolls the ground – feels like home
As the storm clouds rise
A pale light warms the sky – brings me home.The pale grey light of dawn
Makes sense of it allRepeat chorus to end.
