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Track: I Wish It Would Rain
Artist: The Techniques
Album: Little Did You Know

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Name: The Techniques
Spotify Genres: rocksteady, lovers rock, ska, reggae, roots reggae
Followers: 21,519
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Jamaican vocal group formed by [a=Winston Riley] in 1962 with the initial line-up also featuring [a=Slim Smith], [a=Franklyn White], and [a=Freddie Waite (2)]. Their first single were "No One" released only in the UK in 1963. Their Jamaican debut came in 1965 with [a=Arthur "Duke" Reid] as the producer. [a=Slim Smith] left the group in 1966, to pursue a solo career at Studio One, and later forming [a=The Uniques] with [a=Franklyn White]. He was replaced by [a=Pat Kelly]. The group's line up changed regularly with Riley the only constant member. Other members in the late 1960s included [a=Lloyd Parks], [a=Bruce Ruffin], and [a=Dave Barker (2)].

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Release: Techniques* - I Wish It Would Rain
Year: 1968
Genres: Reggae
Styles: Rocksteady

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LYRICS

Sunshine blue skies please go away
The girl has found another and gone away.
With her went my future my life is filled with gloom
So day after day I stay locked up in my room.
I know to you, it might sound strange but I wish it would rain,

'Cause so badly I wanna go outside
But everyone knows that a man ain't supposed to cry
Listen, I gotta cry 'cause crying eases the pain,
Oh yeah, people this hurt I feel inside.
Words could never explain, I just wish it would rain.

Day in day out my tear-stained face
Pressed against the window pain,
My eyes search the skies desperately for rain,
Cause rain-drops will hide my tear -drops
And no one will ever know that I'm crying,
Crying when I go outside.
To the world outside my tears,
I refuse to explain, oh I wish it would rain,
Let it rain, let it rain.
I need rain to disguise the tears in my eyes.
Oh, let it rain.
I'm a man and I got my pride
Til' it rains I'm gonna stay inside and let it rain.