[Verse 1]
In the evening,
As I was about to drive home,
A gentle rain was falling.
I turned on the FM radio.
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Listening to the voice of Peter Barakan
And the music he introduced.
[Chorus 1]
A rainy-season sky
Gray clouds drifting by,
Damp air hangs heavy,
The scent of geosmin.
[Verse 2]
I stopped at the greengrocer’s to buy some vegetables.
Cabbages and eggplants
Three of each for a hundred yen.
[Pre-Chorus 2]
I hurried back to the car without an umbrella in the light rain.
[Chorus 2]
A rainy-season sky
Gray clouds drifting by,
Damp air hangs heavy,
The scent of geosmin.
[Instrumental Solo]
[Verse 3]
Turning past the police box,
I merged onto the highway.
I drove straight up the slope,
And the sea came into view.
[Pre-Chorus 3]
I drove at the speed limit.
There were no more traffic lights.
[Chorus 3]
A rainy-season sky
Gray clouds drifting by,
Damp air hangs heavy,
The scent of geosmin.
[Bridge]
The rain stopped just as I got home,
And I tended to the crops.
I walked down to the sea and looked up at the sky;
Clouds were streaming from west to east.
The typhoon had finally arrived.
[Final Chorus]
A rainy-season sky
Gray clouds drifting by,
Damp air hangs heavy,
The scent of geosmin.
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