Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen the Rain? cover (Monica Ciudad-Real, piano)

Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
words and music by John Fogerty
performed by the UUFBR Chalice Choir during the 2024 Water Communion Service
Monica Ciudad-Real, pianist.

"Have You Ever Seen the Rain" is a song by American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, written by John Fogerty and released as a single in 1971. In a literal sense, the song describes a sunshower, such as in the lyric "It'll rain a sunny day" and the chorus, "Have you ever seen the rain, comin' down on a sunny day?" These events are common in south Florida due to localized atmospheric wind shear effects.

However, the timeless lyrics aren't just about the weather. They evoke wistfulness at the bitter sweetness of Life. The song was inspired by the band's feelings of unease and tensions within Creedence Clearwater Revival themselves at the height of their fame and commercial success.

Someone told me long ago
There's a calm before the storm
I know, it's been coming for some time
When it's over, so they say
It'll rain a sunny day
I know, shining down like water

I wanna know, have you ever seen the rain?
I wanna know, have you ever seen the rain?
Coming down on a sunny day

Yesterday, and days before
Sun is cold and rain is hard
I know, been that way for all my time
'Til forever, on it goes
Through the circle, fast and slow
I know, it can't stop, I wonder

I wanna know, have you ever seen the rain?
I wanna know, have you ever seen the rain?
Coming down on a sunny day
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We hope you enjoy this musical offertory. The taking of an offering—which some Unitarian Universalist congregations call "Sharing in Stewardship"—is a time to lift up the collective responsibility toward the common good. Since December 2006, the UU Fellowship of Boca Rain (UUFBR) has been sharing our Sunday Collection Plate with the wider community in a Share-The-Plate program. Half of each collection helps to pay the bills at #UUFBR, and the other half goes to the Share-the-Plate Fund. When the Fund reaches $1000, that $1000 is given to the selected organization. All recipients of Share-The-Plate are non-profits suggested by UUFBR members; often these are active participants with the particular organization. https://donorbox.org/support-uufbr
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