If You’re Into Pina Coladas and Being Caught in the Rain…

Inspired by recent experience, here is my version of a song similar to  “The Pina Colada Song”:

I am into my cycling, it is my daily routine
No matter the weather, we’re quite a hardy team
Now the clouds were aforming, as my breakfast went down
This was early this morning, but I didn’t even frown cos…

If you like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain
You don’t mind getting soaked, you see it as a gain
If you like showers with your clothes on, it’s a joy and a jape
I may be peculiar, but for me it’s escape

Didn´t think about all the washing, well you know what I mean
Because me and my red bike, had fallen for the self-same alluring dream
We like looking at flowers, don’t care if you think we’re mad
We are into spring showers, can that really be so bad

Yes, I like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain
Although I´m not into dead cane toads, being carried down the drain
And I’m rather worried about hailstones, in Oz the size can be great
And I don’t care for lightning, think we´ll plan our escape

So I didn’t wait with high hopes, in that beautiful place
I dropped the phone in an instant, I tried to keep up a pace
Had to leave the lovely lilies, and the ball-hunters too
And I laughed for a moment, because I already knew…

Luckily, I like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain
And my feet in the water, as I ride over the drain
Taking off my sunglasses, because ahead I can’t see any shape
In the absolute downpour, that came with me, in escape

If you like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain
You don’t mind getting soaked, you see it as a gain
If you like showers with your clothes on, it’s a joy and a jape
I guess you must be peculiar, if you call it escape

And now for Rupert Holmes “Escape”:

Lyrics

I was tired of my lady, we´d been together too long
Like a worn-out recording, of a favorite song
So while she lay there sleeping, I read the paper in bed
And in the personals column, there was this letter I read

“If you like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain
If you´re not into yoga, if you have half a brain
If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape
I´m the love that you´ve looked for, write to me, and escape”

I didn´t think about my lady, I know that sounds kind of mean
But me and my old lady, had fallen into the same old dull routine
So I wrote to the paper, took out a personal ad
And though I´m nobody´s poet, I thought it wasn´t half bad

“Yes, I like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain
I´m not much into health food, I am into champagne
I´ve got to meet you by tomorrow noon, and cut through all this red tape
At a bar called O’Malley’s, where we´ll plan our escape”

So I waited with high hopes, then she walked in the place
I knew her smile in an instant, I knew the curve of her face
It was my own lovely lady, and she said, “Oh, it´s you”
And we laughed for a moment, and I said, “I never knew”

“That you liked Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain
And the feel of the ocean, and the taste of champagne
If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape
You´re the love that I´ve looked for, come with me, and escape”

“If you like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain
If you´re not into yoga, if you have half a brain
If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape
I’m the love that you’ve looked for, come with me, and escape”

Written by Rupert Holmes • Copyright © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc

1 thought on “If You’re Into Pina Coladas and Being Caught in the Rain…

  1. Clearly the downpour didn’t dampen your poetic abilities! Very funny!

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