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38 Degrees and Raining

from 38 Degrees and Raining by Chuck McDermott

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This started out as a complaint about my least favorite weather - 38 degrees and raining. It got hijacked by the foul mood of the country in 2020, and turned into a song about speaking truth to power and coming together around a celebration of our common dignity.

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38 Degrees and Raining

38 degrees and rainin’ from an angry sky
38 degrees and rainin’ and I cannot deny
That it wearies my soul
It wearies my soul

38 degrees and rainin’ and my heart has turned blue
38 degrees and rainin’ and I worry about you
I can hear you cry
I can hear you cry

I don’t mind the drivin’ snow a hot summer day over Ohio
Lightning strikes on the banks of the Ponchetrain
But something about that cold cold rain
Turns my strong into weak again
Leaves me strapped like a ball to chain alone

38 degrees and rainin’ you can smell how it feels
All good liars borrow but the great ones steal
See the great one roam
Now we watch him roam

But there’s a line that’s plain to me between liberty and a felony
Every man’s gotta walk that line alone
Where’s the power of honesty when it’s been robbed of its dignity
Call the children, have them come back home

I’d be on a chair and shoutin’ like an auctioneer
If I thought any man or deity could actually hear
Hear me moan
Hear me moan

But I’ll walk out, I’ll face the sky, I’ll curse the clouds as they thunder by
They can’t dim the fire of this family home
One day soon the skies will part, the light will warm every weary heart
Call the children, have them come back home

38 degrees and rainin’

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from 38 Degrees and Raining, track released March 26, 2021
Chuck McDermott: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Marco Giovino: Drums
Richard Gates: Bass
Peter Hoffman: Lead Guitar
Tony Savarino: Electric 12 String Guitar
Hayley Thompson-King: Vocals

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