When She Cries - Alice Wallace

They say it never rains in southern California

The summer’s dry and the winter’s just the same

But today the skies, they opened up and poured down on her

Washing all the nevers down the drain

I almost can’t recall the last time I heard thunder

Or looked up at a sky so dark and grey

And it’s funny how I never stopped to wonder

At every endless perfect sunny day

But now it’s raining in the City of Angels

She just couldn’t hold her tears back if she tried

And now the water drains aren’t so low

It’s got nowhere to go

And the tears come in rivers when she cries

You know, the freeways have an inch of standing water

'Cause the sewers can’t keep up with the flood

But we’re all still moving at eighty miles-an-hour

'Cause caution never did us any good

I almost never pay attention to the weather

And, you know, it almost never lets me down

'Cause it almost never rains in southern California

But when it does, Lord help us or we’ll drown

Now it’s raining in the City of Angels

The LA River’s rising faster than it oughta

And now the hour’s getting late

Shoulders just can’t bear the weight

And it seems like the whole world is under water

Now it’s raining in the City of Angels

Smearing that mascara from our eyes

We saw the clouds roll in

But we bet wrong on the wind

Now all we can do is curse the sky

All we can do is curse the sky

All we can do is curse the sky