Keeps on a Rainin' (Papa, He Can't Make No Time) - Bessie Smith

One dark and stormy night, Bill Jones was feeling blue\nThings didn’t seem just right, so he didn’t know just what to do\nI said: Bill, please tell me, ain’t you satisfied?\nHe looked around so pitiful, then to me he replied\nKeeps on a-rainin', look how it’s rainin'\nPapa he can’t make no time\nWind keeps blowing, cold wind blowing\nSoon I’ll find a southern clime\nIn the wintertime when it starts to snow\nYou know you pretty mama’s got to have some dough\nKeeps on rainin', look how it’s rainin'\nPapa he can’t make no time\nAin’t the snow just beautiful, some people say\nBut I’d rather see it in a moving picture play\nKeeps on snowin', look how it’s snowin'\nPapa he can’t make no time