Browne Jackson It`s Been Raining Here In Long Beach Lyrics

It`s Been Raining Here In Long Beach Lyrics

It's been raining here in Long Beach

 The dampness in the air

 Tends to straighten out my hair

 Against my wishes

 But the traces of a song reach

 My tattered ear once more

 Lend me courage to ignore

 The smell of fishes

 

 I was a drunken lout, I ran about

 With ladies that I knew

 I did 'em wrong all night long

 Singing 23 skidoo

 

 Huzahh...huzahh...

 Once upon a time I was a kid

 Well I don't know what happened then

 But I'm warning all you younger men

 On your way to Long Beach think again

 You can't afford to settle down in Long Beach

 

 I had a rack and coat, a paddle boat

 I played the ukelele

 Beneath the moon in June I'd croon

 Won't you come on home little baby

 

 Huzahh...huzahh...

 Once upon a time I was a kid

 But now my hair is turning gray

 I'm getting fatter every day

 If you got any sense you'll stay away

 And never give another thought to Long Beach

 And never give a moment's thought to Long Beach