Love Rain O'er Me

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Love Reign O'er Me (or Love Reign Over Me) is a track that is usually played acoustically by Peter Doherty. However, it was first recorded by Doherty and Barat, as part of their Babyshambles sessions in 2003. Although it has never been officially released, quite a few session recordings of Love Reign O'er Me exist on the Internet. Because the song is quite short, it is usually played in tandem with another song, for example, in the HQ sessions 2nd Wave, it is combined with the early Libertines song Through the Looking Glass, and in the Babyshambles sessions, it is combined with Bilo Song (which would later become Monkey Casino).

The introduction this song gets on the Untitled Session is Peter saying "Ok I'll do Love Reign O'er Me 'cause it's got a few insults in it".

Appearing on

Jazz After Dark	Peter Doherty	Session	2006
Untitled Album (& Saga)	Peter Doherty	Session	2004-04-08
The Liverpool Session	Peter Doherty	Session	2004

Concerts

Heroes Bar	Peter Doherty	Kentish Town, London	2011-04-06
Woodstower Festival	Peter Doherty	Grand Parc De Miribel Jonage, Lyon, France	2010-09-03
Paleo Festival	Peter Doherty	Paleo Festival, Nyon, Swiss	2009-07-24
Botanique, Brussels	Peter Doherty	Botanique, Brussels	2009-04-25
Live in Copenhagen	Peter Doherty	Copenhagen, Denmark	2009-04-09
The Mass	Peter Doherty	Brixton, London	2008-06-17

Lyrics

I'll never really understand why I believe you
You're so sly and underhand,
I think I'll leave you now
With everything I stole since we met
I stole no kisses, just some books and the odd cigarette

I never liked South London anyway
It must be true what they say

Oh well, you've scuppered all my best laid plans
I can't believe you just dismiss my pleas right out of hand
I can't believe you've listed everything I stole since we met
But I stole no kisses,
just some books and a butterfly net

It's raining,
(Now it's sunny)
It's raining,
(Now it's sunny)

I never liked twisted hate anyway
It must be true what they say