Raise the Roof in the Rain

Well, the storm came in off the water like it owned the whole coast;

Rattlin' the windows;

Giving up the ghost;

Well, we lit the old fire;

And we tuned the old strings;

And we laughed at the weather;

And the ruin it brings;

The fiddle started sawing;

And the bodrine kept the time;

And me boots found a rhythm;

That was halfway to a crime;

Rain can hammer all it likes;

On the roof and the door;

But it'll not stop a night;

That we've been waiting for;

Let it howl, let it pour, let it try;

We got fire and a fiddle and a devilish eye;

So we'll raise the roof in the rain tonight;

Kick up the sawdust, hold the dark and bay;

Fiddles screaming and the heart gone wild;

Raise the roof in the rain and dance the storm away;

Raise the roof in the rain;

Come what may;

Come what may;

There's a man in the corner with a story and a scar;

And a woman out dancing, every fella at the bar;

The whiskey's doing rounds like a warm and reckless friend;

And nobody's counting on the night to ever end;

The world can keep its worries and it's cold and it's grey;

With a floor made for stomping and the will to make it pay;

Every crack of the thunder is a drum in our chest;

And the wilder the weather, well, the better and the best;

Let it howl, let it pour, let it try;

We got fire and a fiddle and a devilish eye;

So we'll raise the roof in the rain tonight;

Kick up the sawdust, hold the dark at bay;

Fiddles screaming and the heart gone wild;

Raise the roof in the rain and dance the storm away;

Raise the roof in the rain;

Come what may;

They can keep their quiet evenings and their early nights;

We were born for the thunder and the firelight;

So pour another, tune it up and let the rafters ring;

There's no storm on this earth that can stop us when we sing;

So we'll raise the roof in the rain tonight;

Kick up the sawdust, hold the dark at bay;

Fiddles screaming and the heart gone wild;

Raise the roof in the rain and dance the storm away;

Raise the roof in the rain;

Come what may;

Come what may;

Hey!