Stormy Weather
Fitzgerald (Ella) Lyrics

Don't know why there's no sun up in the sky, stormy weather
I can't quite understand why the weather has been so melancholy - there are no bright sunny skies, but only a persistent storm that's cast over me.

Since my man and I ain't together, keeps raining all the time
Ever since my lover and I parted ways, it seems the downpour won't let up.

Life is bare, gloom and misery everywhere, stormy weather
My life has become an empty shell since he left, filled with darkness and sorrow - mirroring this weather.

Just can't get my poor self together
I feel as though I've been torn apart and can't seem to collect my fragmented shattered parts.

I'm weary, the time, the time
Every second feels like an eternity and the exhaustion seems endless.

So weary all the time
I am beyond just simply tired, the emotional toll makes it difficult to function all the time.

When he went away the blues walked in and met me
The moment he left, I was filled with the blues - and they've stayed with me ever since.

If he stays away, that old rocking chair will get me
If he doesn't return soon, I'll be left with nothing but a sad, lonely place and nothing to do but to rock and think of what once was.

All I do is pray the Lord above will let me Walk in the sun once more
All I have left now is prayer hoping that someday, I'll be afforded happiness again.

Can't go on, everything I had is gone, stormy weather Since my man and I ain't together
Without him, everything feels like it's been stripped away from me and I can't move forward in this sadness filled world.

Keeps raining all the time
The weather seems to be consistent in its quest to mirror my feelings of sadness, as if it's never going to end.

I walk around, heavy-hearted and sad Night comes around, I'm still feelin' bad
Every day is a struggle just to keep myself together in the world of darkness and negativity that I find myself stuck in.

Rain pourin' down and blindin' every hope I had This pitterin', patterin', beatin' and spatterin' drive me mad
Every drop of rain feels like it's eroding my sense of optimism and the unrelenting sound is becoming unbearable.

Love, love, love, love This misery will be the end of me
This heartbreak feels like I'll never recover from, and there are times when it feels like it's destroying all the good parts of me. There's so much love bottled up in me yet, it only feels like destruction.