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Talkin' to myself and feelin' old Sometimes I'd like to quit Nothing ever seems to fit Hangin' around Nothing to do but frown Rainy Days and Mondays always get me down. What I've got they used to call the blues Nothin' is really wrong Feelin' like I don't belong Walkin' around Some kind of lonely clown Rainy Days and Mondays always get me down. Funny but it seems I always wind up here with you Nice to know somebody loves me Funny but it seems that it's the only thing to do Run and find the one who loves me. What I feel has come and gone before No need to talk it out We know what it's all about Hangin' around Nothing to do but frown Rainy Days and Mondays always get me down.
The conventional manner in which new material is supposed to come to a hit recording group is by the submission of demonstration records -- recordings often just sung by the songwriter with piano accompaniment in order to audition the basic tune. Out of hundreds of "demo" records that Richard has received, Rainy Days is the only song obtained in this manner that he has ever selected to record for single release. Recorded early in 1971, Rainy Days was included on the Carpenters album. Released a s asingle in April of that year, it became their fourth consecutive million-seller.
In the notes to the Carpenters: The Compact Disc Collection, Richard Carpenter wrote:
Rainy Days And Mondays - Nichols and Williams sent a "demo" of this song to us. Two listenings and we decided it was perfect.
