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WAIT OUT THE RAIN

Aly Aleigha & Friends on Camino Primitivo, 2017

Release date: April 11, 2025

Artist: Aly Aleigha

Genre: Indie Folk

Sounds like: Gregory Alan Isakov, Painted Pianos

Themes: Adventure, Endurance, Friendship, Growth, Self-Discovery, finding inner strength

Fun Fact: Aly wrote “Wait Out The Rain” about her experience hiking the Camino de Santiago, roughly 200-miles in Spain.

Lyrics

WAIT OUT THE RAIN - Words & Music by Aly Aleigha

Verse 1:

I’ll take a biscuit and a café con leche

If you don’t mind I’ll sit here and wait out the rain

Your company is sweet to me

But when the time comes, I’ll be on my way

Mmm.

Verse 2:

Well the skies are clearing, I’d best be on the move

There’s a place a few miles along to lay my head

This road can get lonesome, this pack can weigh me down, but I’ll do it

Just to prove to myself that I can

Chorus 1:

Lace up my shoes

Cinch up my pack

Oh let’s go walkin’ in the blazing sun till we

find our way back

Is there a place where no one goes?

What do you say we head there

Verse 3:

Funny how when we’re lost, we all knew to come here

They say not all who wander have gone astray

So tell me your story, show a stranger your heart

‘Cause we’re all together along the way

Oooh, ahhhh

Oooh,

Chorus 2:

Lace up my shoes

Cinch up my pack

Oh let’s go walkin’ in the blazing sun till we / find our way back

To new horizons

Within ourselves

Maybe this road that leads to nowhere in particular

Will lead me

Home

Bridge:

I’m not running from anything

But I’m walking in a new direction

Sure, my heart’s been broken a time or two

But I think maybe I came here for you

Oh, I think maybe the reason was you

Oh, all along it was you

Oh, Always you

There’s something about you….

Verse 4:

Forgive me, friend, don’t even know why I came here

All I can say is something pulled me along this road

Your company is my energy….

Realized I can’t do this on my own

I’ve been trying to do this on my own

But I don’t wanna do this my own

About the Song

Rain spattered against the window. I was in a café somewhere in Spain; I wasn’t sure exactly where, only that the yellow painted arrows on the pavement and the chipped shells etched into random stone structures told me I was on the right path. To where? Nowhere in particular. I knew the destination was Santiago, Spain—and after that, 3 more day’s hike to Finnisterre, the “end of the world.” But I didn’t really know why I was doing this. What did I hope to find along the Way, trudging through dense forests and clambering breathlessly up rugged mountains? I just knew that I had a yearning for adventure, and an intrepid (or stupid) desire to see if I was capable of doing something as strenuous as this—wandering into the unknown with nothing but what I could carry on my back (which I gladly rid myself of after the first week, realizing that small comforts and even some necessities were not worth the added weight).

Along the Way, I found myself in many cafés like this one, fumbling with my awkward Spanish and a sheepish smile to place my order, waiting for the rain to subside, or just to find some reprieve from the blisters in my boots or the weight of my pack which seemed heavier with every passing mile.

I met unique and incredible people, all from different paths of life, all with their own mysterious reasons for being here. Some people came and went but left a lasting impression on me. Others lingered and we walked closely together for the rest of our Camino, sharing hearts with strangers who quickly became friends. Some days we were delirious, belly laughing at nothing of consequence. Most days we couldn’t bear to wake up before dawn and start the daunting road again because of the profound ache in our bodies, but we also recognized deep in our bones that we wanted this. Badly. And we didn’t know why. So we found it within ourselves to continue. And somewhere in the midst of that, we tasted what we are capable of and discovered more of who we are.

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In 2017, Aly Aleigha decided to hike 200+ miles through the mountains of Spain in summer heat before launching into a full-time career as an independent music artist. Those two weeks hiking the Camino de Santiago (the “Primitivo” route) were filled with adventure, new and deepening friendships, and self-discovery—especially in learning to embrace challenges and solitude.