It Never Rains
Dire Straits Lyrics

I hear the seven deadly sins
I can sense the presence of evil temptations in your life.

And the terrible twins came to call on you
The consequences of bad decisions are catching up to you.

The bigger they are babe
The more prominent and powerful someone is in your life,

The harder they fall on you
The harder they will hit you when they let you down.

And you you're always the same you persevere
Despite the challenges you face, you keep moving forward.

On the same old pleasure ground
You keep repeating the same mistakes and indulging in the same pleasures.

Oh and it never rains around here
Nothing ever goes smoothly for you;

It just comes pouring down
You are constantly bombarded with problems and misfortunes.

You had no more volunteers
You ran out of people willing to help you out of trouble.

So you got profiteers for to help you out
You resorted to using people who are only interested in exploiting you for their own gain.

With friends like that babe
People like that, who only want to use you, can't be your friends.

Good friends you had to do without
You lost the genuine friends you once had due to your actions.

And now they've taken the chains and the gears
The people who used to run the show for you have left you and taken their resources with them.

From off your merry-go-round
They have abandoned you to your own devices.

Oh and it never rains around here
No matter how much trouble you're in,

It just comes pouring down
You can always count on more to come.

And your new romeo
The person you thought could be your savior,

Was just a gigolo when he let you down
Was only interested in his own pleasure and profit when he betrayed you.

See the faster they are babe
The more attractive they seem from a distance,

The faster they get out of town
The quicker they will abandon you when you need them most.

Leaving make up stains and the tears
You will be left to pick up the pieces,

Of a clown
Feeling foolish for having believed in them.

Yes and it never rains around here
Regardless of how many times you've been disappointed,

It just comes pouring down
You can always count on more letdowns.

Oh you were just a roller coaster memory
You were once a fleeting, exhilarating presence in someone's life.

I don't know why I was even passing through
For some reason, the singer has been drawn back to you.

I saw you making a date with destiny
I saw you about to make a fateful decision,

When he came around here asking after you
When someone else showed up looking for you.

In the shadow of the wheel of fortune
You are constantly in the grip of fate,

You're busy trying to clear your name
You are constantly trying to justify yourself and prove yourself innocent.

You say 'i may be guilty yeah that may be true
You admit that you may have done something wrong.

But I'd be lying if I said I was to blame
However, you believe there are other factors at play that contributed to the situation.

See we could have been major contenders
Things could have gone differently for us;

We never got no money no breaks'
We were never given the opportunities to succeed.

You've got a list of all the major offenders
You have identified all the people and factors that have worked against you.

You got a list of all their major mistakes
You have detailed all the errors and missteps that contributed to your downfall.

And he's just standing on the shadows
The person the singer is referring to is lurking in the background,

Yes and you smile that come-on smile
Despite his shady presence, you still try to draw him in with your charm.

Oh I can still hear you say as clear as the day
The singer remembers clearly what you said to try and lure him back in.

'I'd like to make it worth your while'
You offered something enticing to the person you hoped to seduce.

Ah but it's a sad reminder
Your situation is a source of sadness and regret for the artist.

When your organ grinder has to come to you for the rent
Even the person you rely on for income is failing you.

And all you've got to give him
You don't have anything of real value anymore,

Is the use of your side-show tent
So all you can offer is a temporary refuge for him to stay.

Yes and that's all that remains of the years
This is a sorry indication of how low you have fallen.

Spent doing to rounds
Years that were once filled with activity and purpose.

And it never rains around here
Despite the lack of security and stability you face,

Well it just comes pouring down
More troubles and hardships will always come your way.

Now you know what they say about beggars
You are now in the position of someone who must rely on others for survival.

You can't complain about the rules
You can't expect to have things your way when you are dependent on others.

You know what they say about beggars
There is a stereotype about people in your position.

You know who's the first to blame his tools
People will always blame the tools they have been given rather than their own shortcomings.

You never gave a damn about who you pick up
You never cared about the people you hurt or betrayed along the way.

And leave lying bleeding on the ground
You have caused significant pain and damage to others.

You screw people over on the way up
You stepped on others to get ahead.

Because you thought that you were never coming down
You believed that you were invincible and would always be successful.

And he takes you out in vaudeville valley
The person you have been trying to seduce brings you to a place of illusion and artifice,

With his hand up smothering your screams
Where he can control and silence you.

And he screws you down in tin pan alley
He makes a fool of you in a place full of crooks and cheats.

In the city of a billion dreams
A place where aspirations and fantasies exist.