Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head - B. J. Thomas (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)

Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head (B. J. Thomas, 1969-1970). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2024-02-13. "Keeping the Oldies & Classics Alive"

"Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head," written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, was B. J. Thomas' first no. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart landing on top in 1969-1970 (Whitburn, 2013). The song, which was penned for the film "Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid," won two oscars for Bacharach and David in 1970: Music (original score - for a motion picture) and Music (Song - Original for the picture) (oscars, 2024). B. J. Thomas was not the first choice for the writers, Bacharach said that he originally wanted Ray Stevens to sing it, but Stevens turned him down due to a prior recording engagement with Kris Kristofferson (D. Liebenson, vanityfair, Sep. 25, 2019). Thomas, who was struggling with laryngitis was hesitant, but agreed to record the song. After hearing the recording, with his slightly raspy voice, he said that “there’s maybe only two or three times in my career when I felt like I’d recorded a hit record, no doubt, and that was one of them” (L. Hutchinson, performingsongwriter, May 12, 2013). According to Thomas, the song is "about freedom. . . Here, we have these outlaws [Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid] that have finally found a little respite there out in the woods. They have a place to kind of relax. It’s kind of an American song. The rain falls on everybody, but as long as you are free, everything is okay" (bjthomas, Mar. 5, 2021).

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Lyrics:

Raindrops keep falling on my head
And just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bed
Nothin' seems to fit
Those raindrops are falling on my head, they keep falling

So I just did me some talkin' to the sun
And I said I didn't like the way he' got things done
Sleepin' on the job
Those raindrops are falling on my, head they keep falling

But there's one thing i know
The blues he sends to meet me won't defeat me
It won't be long 'till happiness steps up to greet me

Raindrops keep falling on my head
But that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turnin' red
Crying's not for me
'Cause I'm never gonna stop the rain by complainin'
Because I'm free
Nothing's worrying me.