Ballads of Beauty. 6. "Rainy Day Reggae"

Tribute to Lou Reed

Rainy Day Reggae

Rain is a bummer, that’s some rain

But every morning’s a sunrise, so take the pain

To get up and smell the coffee, and fry up some bread

Smile! It’s too gorgeous a day to spend it in bed

Put on some denim and fancy shoes

Pick up your funny red Moschino umbrella

Feel it yourself and keep on telling your fellows

It’s time for some reggae; it’s time to give up the blues

(‘Cause)

It’s rainy day reggae

I don’t need the sun to feel good

It’s my rainy day reggae

I go reggae-ing all over the neighborhood

Go walking cool with spring in step

Have a kebab and Coke on a busy street corner

To the horns of the cars sing a la Tina Turner

So what if you tap on the street? Go on baby, tap!

Then, movie and dinner, cab and home

Kiss at the door under the clouded raining dome

Classic a-date with someone you’d love to be with

Who’d turn all your pains in a barely remembered myth.

© 2010. Anastasia Duchevski