Story Behind The Song
Times can be tough at different levels for all of us in society. Experience as knowing homeless and life after a natural disaster for family and friends.
Song Description
It is a description of the variety of life on the streets for homeless. There are many levels and shades of life.
| Song Length |
5:20 |
Genre |
Blues - Rock, Rock - Modern |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Subject |
General |
Similar Artists |
Bruce Springsteen, Counting Crows |
| Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
SHADES OF RAIN
Steven Dorand
A cold and lonely night/there is no place to hide/It's sometimes hard to stay alive/steam rises from a vent/
Newspaper becomes a bed/box overyour head is a tent
Chorus
I've seen shades, shades of rain/
shades in the faces, faces of pain/
I've seen shades, shades of rain/
shades in the faces, faces of pain
A dark and homeless night/filled with
cold fright/Ask yourself there's got to be a better life/a family has needs/
Hungry child is hard to please/sometimes
you feel like you're dead
(Chorus)
These streets are so cold/will make a young man grow old/Where is the
life you once had/Oh, Lord what made it go so bad
(Chorus)
A cup of cold soup/and a piece
of stale bread/Seems like you'll never get ahead/sky over your head/ Cardboard box is a shed/shelters
closed and, you need a bed