A Little Rain, Bone Machine, Tom Waits [195]

Amateur meteorologist and part-time Muppet Tom Waits takes another stab at bleak reportage in this song about loss and the threat to childhood. Jenny Owen Youngs returns for another discussion around Randy Newman, Django Reinhardt and our old friend the Smooth Marble Egg. Song by Song is Martin Zaltz Austwick and Sam Pay; two musicians listening to and discussing every single Tom Waits track in chronological order. website: songbysongpodcast.com twitter: @songbysongpod e-mail: [email protected] Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include: A Little Rain, Bone Machine, Tom Waits (1992) I Think It's Going To Rain Today, Randy Newman, Randy Newman (1968) We think your Song by Song experience will be enhanced by hearing, in full, the songs featured in the show, which you can get hold of from your favourite record shop or online platform. Please support artists by buying their music, or using services which guarantee artists a revenue - listen responsibly. Lyrics - A Little Rain The Ice Man's mule is parked  Outside the bar Where a man with missing fingers Plays a strange guitar And the German dwarf Dances with the butcher's son And a little rain never hurt noone And a little rain never hurt noone They're dancing on the roof And the ceiling's coming down I sleep with my shovel and my leather gloves A little trouble makes it worth the going And a little rain never hurt noone The world is round And so I'll go around You must risk something that matters My hands are strong I'll take any man here If it's worth the going It's worth the ride She was 15 years old And never seen the ocean She climbed into a van With a vagabond And the last thing she said Was "I love you mom" And a little rain  Never hurt noone And a little rain  Never hurt noone