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Raining In Her House

from Backwords by Dale Wicks

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Depression is an unusual disease. You can't make yourself better, but you can make yourself much, much worse. The relationship in this song is merely the setting for what the woman is really struggling with; dwelling on the feelings that are destroying her. The opening line is a reversal of "Fixing a Hole" by The Beatles, in which the singer is attempting to achieve the opposite effect.

I wanted 3 voices on that harmony and there was a lot of movement on the tenor line to keep it out of balance with the other two. I thought of Rebecca Hubble right away, 'cause that's the sort of thing she does well. There was originally going to be more piano, but once I added the slide guitar it was only needed in the one spot. Sometimes an arrangement is just done and you've got to quit finishing it.

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She's making a hole to let in the rain
And stop her mind from wandering again
The man in her life doesn't mean to be mean
But he left her before & he keeps leaving

His mind won't let go of the girl from before
He's dragging his boots all over her floor
Dirt from her garden all over her heart
She just planted the seed and he tore it apart

He's a big baby, toddling around
He's a big baby to be bringing her down
She's in danger of drowning if she can't find her way out
With the tears that she's crying, it's raining in her house

Raining in her house

He's telling the truth when he looks in her eyes
His sincerity hurts worse than lies
She let in the rain, it's coming in sheets
& now he's got her mud all over his feet

It mattered before, it won't matter now
She's saving her life, the only way she knows how
She's holding her breath & diving down deep
Her waterlogged heart only hurts when she dreams

She's a big baby, toddling around
She's a big baby to be bringing her down
She's in danger of drowning if she can't find her way out
With the tears that she's crying, it's raining in her house

Raining in her house

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from Backwords, released April 13, 2020
Rebecca Hubble: Harmony Vocal
Dale Wicks: Everything Else

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