I Don't Mind Being A Fool In The Rain

I woke up singing Led Zeppelin's Fool In The Rain. That tells me two things: 1. I'm nearing the end of my Zeppelin phase and 2. it's gonna rain today.
I was waiting all day. I thought it was supposed to rain this morning then they said during the afternoon. My desk faces the window and at around 2:40pm I started seeing lightning. I was so excited. At 3:05pm it started pouring. I watched from the window and hoped it would continue until 4pm when I get out of the building and would be able to walk home and get soaked like all those lucky people I was watching. It stopped 10 minutes later. Talk about disappointment.
As I was watching the rain I started thinking about how many songs have the word 'rain' in them. Lots. Here's some I can think of:

Fool In The Rain- Zeppelin
Purple Rain- Prince
November Rain- Pink Floyd
I'm Only Happy When It Rains- Garbage (also my theme song)
Have You Ever Seen The Rain- CCR
Who'll Stop The Rain- CCR
Rain- The Beatles
After The Rain Has Fallen- Sting

Of course, that's just the tip of the iceberg. And, they all happen to be amazing songs. Those are just with 'rain' in the title. There are probably a few million songs that mention the rain in the actual lyrics.

I don't know what it is about the rain that is so thought-provoking. I think of the rain as sad but calm. It's comforting. I don't like that sissy rain though. If you're gonna rain, then rain hard or don't do it at all.

There was one time when I was young, I went to the backyard and sat on the long red bench under the tree while it was raining. Just because. It was nice. All you hear is the rain. Maybe a bird or two, but mostly it's silent because all the noisy people went indoors to escape it. They're the real fools...they don't know what they're missing.