“I took shelter from a shower, And I stepped into your arms, On a rainy night in Soho, The wind was whistling all its charms”

song ~ “Rainy Night in Soho”  
artist ~ The Pogues   

I've been loving you a long time
Down all the years, down all the days
And I've cried for all your troubles
Smiled at your funny little ways
We watched our friends grow up together
And we saw them as they fell
Some of them fell into Heaven
Some of them fell into Hell

I took shelter from a shower
And I stepped into your arms
On a rainy night in Soho
The wind was whistling all its charms
I sang you all my sorrows
You told me all your joys
Whatever happened to that old song
To all those little girls and boys

Sometimes I wake up in the morning
The ginger lady by my bed
Covered in a cloak of silence
I hear you talking in my head
I'm not singing for the future
I'm not dreaming of the past
I'm not talking of the first time
I never think about the last

Now the song is nearly over
We may never find out what it means
Still there's a light I hold before me
You're the measure of my dreams
The measure of my dreams    _{(Image source)}

Comments 

This melancholy song by the great Irish lyricist Shane MacGowan is generally interepreted to be a tender love song. Or a maudlin one.    

By some, however, it’s seen as a drinking song – a somber and solemn salute to alcohol. 

To heaven or hell

When he sings of their friends, stating that “Some of them fell into Heaven, Some of them fell into Hell,” one can readily assume that it was not women that led them to those destinations. Most likely, the culprit was booze. 

Beauty and wonder

In the final analysis, it’s clearly a love song – maybe about a woman, maybe about booze. As Shane sings, “We may never find out what it means.”   

All we know is that it’s a beautifully rendered ballad about the beauty and wonder … of either womankind or booze. Maybe both.     _{(Image source)}
The Pogues – "Rainy Night in Soho"  _{(Right-click to hear on YouTube)}
Lyrics by Shane MacGowan, courtesy of – AZLyrics.com

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