Stormy Weather
Frank Sinatra with Harry James and His Orchestra Lyrics

Don't know why there's no sun up in the sky, stormy weather
Expressing confusion and sadness about the constant bad weather which serves as a metaphor for the singer's emotional state.

Since my gal and I ain't together, keeps raining all the time
Attributing the singer's melancholy state to the absence of his significant other; implies that he has been alone for some time.

Life is bare, gloom and misery everywhere, stormy weather
Describing the bleakness of the singer's life in the absence of his loved one; suggests depression and hopelessness.

Just can't get my poor old self together
Admitting to emotional instability and inability to cope with the pain of separation from his significant other.

I'm weary all the time, the time
Repeatedly expressing the artist's constant state of fatigue and sadness.

When she went away the blues walked in and they met me
Using metaphor to explain the sudden onset of sadness the singer experiences after his significant other leaves him.

If she stays away, that old rocking chair's gonna get me
Suggesting that the singer will be so lonely without his loved one that he will be confined to a rocking chair in his despair.

All I do is pray the Lord above will let me
Revealing a spiritual aspect to the artist's coping strategy; implies he is seeking divine intervention to heal his heartbreak.

Walk in the sun once more
Using a metaphor to express the hope that the artist will one day feel happy and content again, as he did when he was in a loving relationship.

Can't go on, everything I had is gone, stormy weather
Repeatedly emphasizing the intensity of the artist's heartbreak and despair, accompanied by the constant, overbearing rain metaphor.

Keeps raining all the time
Repeating the central metaphor to drive home the idea of persistent, unceasing sadness.