I like the rain and the autumn wind...

So, in honor of the onrushing season I present three songs:

Who Loves the Sun by the immortal Velvet Underground

Who loves the sun
Who cares that it makes plants grow
Who cares what it does since you broke my heart
Who loves the wind
Who cares that it makes breezes
Who cares what it does since you broke my heart

Pa Pa Pa Pa. who loves the sun
Pa Pa Pa Pa who loves the sun
Pa Pa Pa Pa not everyone
Pa Pa Pa Pa who loves the sun

Who loves the rain
Who cares that it makes flowers
Who cares that it makes showers since you broke my heart
Who loves the sun
Who cares that it is shining
Who cares what it does since you broke my heart

Pa Pa Pa Pa who loves the sun
Pa Pa Pa Pa who loves the sun
Pa Pa Pa Pa not everyone
Pa Pa Pa Pa who loves the sun

Next is the first song I ever remember listening to on top forty radio (well, this and "Ring my Bell") and it absolutely mesmerized me when I was 7 or 8 or 9:

I love a Rainy Night by Eddie Rabbit

Well, I love a rainy night
I love a rainy night
I love to hear the thunder
Watch the lightning
When it lights up the sky
You know it makes me feel good
Well, I love a rainy night
It's such a beautiful sight
I love to feel the rain
On my face
Taste the rain on my lips
In the moonlight shadow
Showers washed
All my cares away
I wake up to a sunny day
'Cos I love a rainy night
Yeah, I love a rainy night
Well, I love a rainy night
Well, I love a rainy night
Ooh-ooh
I love a rainy night
I love a rainy night
I love to hear the thunder
Watch the lightning
When it lights up the sky
You know it makes me feel good
Well, I love a rainy night
It's such a beautiful sight
I love to feel the rain
On my face
To taste the rain on my lips
In the moonlight shadows
Puts a song
In this heart of mine
Puts a smile on my face every time
'Cos I love a rainy night
Yeah, I love a rainy night
Ooh, I love a rainy night
Yeah, I love a rainy night
Ooh-ooh

Showers washed
All my cares away
I wake up to a sunny day
'Cos I love a rainy night
Yeah, I love a rainy night
Well, I love a rainy night
I love a rainy night
Well, I love a rainy night
You can see it in my eyes
Yeah, I love a rainy night
Well, it makes me high
Ooh, I love a rainy night
You know I do, yeah, yeah
I love a rainy night
I love a rainy night
You can see it in my eyes..

And finally, one of my favorite standards of all time:

Autumn leaves, english lyrics by (my favorite) Johnny Mercer

The falling leaves drift by my window
The autumn leaves of red and gold
I see your lips, the summer kisses
The sun-burned hands I used to hold

Since you went away the days grow long
And soon I'll hear a winters song
But I miss you most of all my darling
When autumn leaves start to fall

A last note to that song. It's autumn and the singer is reminiscing about summer; he's lonely and apprehensive about the approach of winter. So why is it that the days are growing long? In the fall it's the nights that grow longer and it's also nighttime when we are most likely to be lonely, nostalgic and dreamy which is clearly the song's tone. This has never made sense to me so when I sing it to myself I change the lyric to "Since you went away, the nights grow long." Unless someone can otherwise justify the original to me.