Rainy Day Man Lyrics - Flag - James Taylor

What good is that happy lie 

All you wanted from the start was to cry 

It looks like another fall 

Your good friends they don't seem to help at all 

When you're feeling kind of cold and small 

Just look up your rainy day man 

It does you no good to pretend child 

You've made a hole much too big to mend 

And it looks like you lose again, my friend 

Call on your rainy day man 

Now rainy day man he don't like sunshine 

He don't chase rainbows 

He don't need good times 

Grey days rolling 

Then you'll see him 

Empty feeling 

Now you need him 

All those noble thoughts they just don't belong 

You can't hide the truth with a happy song 

And since you knew where you stood all along 

Just look up your rainy day man 

Now simple pleasures they all evade you 

Store-bought treasures none can save you 

Look for signs to ease the pain 

Ask again 

Go on and pray for rain 

It looks like another fall 

Your good friends they don't seem to help at all 

When you're feeling kind of cold and small 

Just look up your rainy day man 

All I need to do is look up my rainy day man 

Now what good is that happy lie 

All you wanted from the start was to cry