BILLIE HOLIDAY - PENNIES FROM HEAVEN lyrics

Arthur Johnston / Johnny Burke

Oh every time it rains

It rains pennies from heaven

Don't you know each cloud contains

Pennies from heaven

You'll find your fortune

Fallin' all over town

Be sure that your umbrella is upside down

Trade them for a package of sunshine and flowers

It you want the things you love

You must have showers

So when you hear it thunder

Don't run under a tree

There'll be pennies from heaven

For you and me

The world was bright when you loved me

Sweet was the touch of your lips

The world went dark when you left me

And then there came a total eclipse

Nobody knows how cruel fate can be

How close together love and hate can be

Goodbye, just clean the slate for me

That's life I guess