[PeeJay]

Sun Showers:

We've had ups and downs
Ins and outs
Frowns and scowls
Some twists and shouts.

Stormy weather
Uncertainties
We’re still together
So it’s plain to see....

(Ch)
They’re only sun showers
Days we feel the strain
We snap at one another
Though the warmth inside remains
Just little sun showers
Pitter patter pains
We reach for our umbrellas
But the sun shines just the same.

Raising voices
And smashing cups
Falling out
Then making up.

Don't call me honey!
What's her name?
Say we’re leaving
But we always stay....

(Ch)
They’re only sun showers
Days we feel the strain
We snap at one another
Though the warmth inside remains
Just little sun showers
Pitter patter pains
We reach for our umbrellas
But the sun shines just the same.

(Br)
We’ve had our share of dark clouds
Drift across our golden sky
Drop some rain on our parade
Then quickly fade and die.

(Ch)
They’re only sun showers
Days we feel the strain
We snap at one another
Though the warmth inside remains
Just little sun showers
Pitter patter pains
We reach for our umbrellas
But the sun shines just the same.

© Philip Jones 2012.

[Kevin j]

first two verses were the best for me, i thought the chorus ws great, laods of good libes in this lyric,
i love "pitter oatter pains"

[Neil C]

Loved the Title, the whole concept and especially the chorus.

Neil

[Mr.Chainsaw]

Really like it

A good, honest, observation of how most relationships work!

I might change "so its plain to see" to "its so plain to see", but that's really minor

Peter

[PeeJay]

Hi Kevin, you can't beat a bit of aliteration that's what i say!

Hi Neil, I agree that the chorus is better than the verses. I may have skimped a bit with those!

Hi Peter, I think that line could be changed and probably a few others here and there.

Thanks for the comments,
Phil.

[GTB]

Hi PeeJay,
great song, great words, great flow.  The only bit that niggled at me slightly is "Drop some rain on our parade", which for some reason makes me think of a welsh singer... It doesn't rhyme in there anyway so you could probably find a better line :-)
GTB

[PeeJay]

Hi GTB, thanks for the visit and the comments.

I hadn't really looked for a rhyme for that pair of lines but if they ended up sounding like a Welsh singer it might be because i'm Welsh! :-)

Cheers, Phil.

[Jess]

I love the line 'though the warmth inside remains' it just makes me feel warm reading this I don't know what sun showers are so ill have to have a google later, great piece

[GTB]

no offence, Welsh people, I was thinking of a Duffy song.. I suppose you get a lot of rain over there ;-)
GTB

[benjo]

hey peejay,

loved it really rolled of the tongue lovely feel to it
to many nice lines to say,  well done good write mate tony...

[PeeJay]

Hi Jess - a sun shower is when it's sunny but it rains. In this context the rain is their little arguments over the years and the sun is their enduring love in the background. This is about as deep as i get by the way. I'm usually the Ronseal type of approach - does what it says on the tin! Thanks for your comments.

GTB - it must be some of my accent showing through. You are very perceptive. Okay, you've rumbled me - i'm Duffy! :-) And the weather's lovely here for a change!

Tony - thanks for that. You've done me twice on this one now. Elsewhere too!

Cheers, phil.

[GTB]

Ah, so you're actually dreaming of some rain then... classic case of sunstroke ;-)
GTB

[diademgrove]

Hi Phil,

I like the song and the sentiments behind it. My only niggle is that the chorus is likely to be longer than the verse, meaning that when its put to music there may be an imbalance between the two, suggesting that the arguments are really minor and the majority of the time is spent in the sun. This may be what you are after. Unfortunately the verses may appear trivial and all the meat is in the chorus. To avoid that you could just do an out and out love song and put the arguments in the bridge.

Alternatively you could expand the negative verses to give them more weight musically so that the chorus comes as a relief and a reaffirmation of your relationship.

I may be barking up the wrong tree, feel free to ignore what I've said if it doesn't fit with your idea of how the song should go.

diadem

[PeeJay]

Hi Diadem,

The 'default setting' in this relationship is love and happiness so in that sense the positives would outweigh the negatives. In that way the bias towards the positive chorus over the negative verses would ring true.

I think there's enough in the verses to carry the story and set up the chorus. I did think of fleshing them out but found i'd only be adding filler without adding any meaning. 

Sun showers themselves are only light, fleeting rainfall just as the arguments and setbacks in this relationship are viewed as minor blips in an overall strong marriage/relationship.

So on this occasion i found that the lean and mean approach worked in the verses. To a certain extent that is. I'm not expecting to top the charts any time soon!

Thanks for the comments.

Cheers, Phil.

[Thomas Frederick]

This whole concept is really nice! I love the little references to weather throughout the song A really nice touch.