Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers cover version is credited with adding greater nuance to the song, the "Financial Times" citing their recording as transforming the song from carefree optimism to "an exhortation to keep going in the face of tragedy" and noting that Bradfield's voice "added grit to the facile lyric". The group often spent their downtime on the tour bus watching the film "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", and incorporated the song into live sets. After the disappearance of lyricist Richey Edwards, the band decided to continue rather than split up. Having booked studio time in France
To Keep My Love Alive alive. Sir Marmaduke was awfully tall; he didn’t fit in bed.<br> I solved that problem easily: I just removed his head. Sir Marc adored me with formality;<br> He called a kiss an immorality.<br> And so I gave him immortality,<br> To keep my love alive,<br> To keep my love alive! To Keep My Love Alive "To Keep My Love Alive" is a 1943 popular song composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Lorenz Hart for the 1943 revival of the 1927 musical "A Connecticut Yankee," where it was introduced by Vivienne Segal. It was written especially for Segal. (R&H Theatricals background)