I don’t need it to rain
Live at the Troubadour 1969

As he did in every version of this song, Tim and his band used a loose jazzy framework to stretch his voice before getting to the heart of the show

Selected lyric excerpts are shown below

I’m so happy mama you’ve come home
I’m so happy they let you come home
I know that you’ve been turning tricks
Up and down the avenue
And I‘ve even been reading it
In the local news

I don’t need it to rain any more
I don’t need it to rain any more

Now don’t you rain uptown
Don’t you rain downtown
Don’t you rain downtown
No more
Don’t you rain downtown
Oh please

(I looked for you all over town)
Trying to find you now
I even looked down at the store
But you were nowhere to be found

I heard you talking
(To an undercover tinsel queen)
But I love her anyway
I never do get tired of love
When she’s around
So happy, so happy
She came home

I don’t need it to rain
I don’t need it to rain
Not any more

Now don’t you rain uptown
Don’t you rain downtown
Don’t you rain downtown
No more

Tim Buckley - Tim Buckley Music ASCAP

Released 1994 Manifesto Records - “Live at the Troubadour 1969”

Running Time 10:15

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