Well, it rained all morning on the windowsill
I sat and watched him play guitar until
My thoughts all came as clear as the rain
Well, I gave up drinkin'
cause one's too much
And then the bottles, don't hold enough
It's hard to explain,
they just slide down like rain
And it took me years to give it up
But I felt I might lose her love
or myself as well
Well, I grew up drinkin' in a railroad town
The trains all left and the yards shut down
Bars remained,
the men all sat and drank
Then I played in bands and bars,
accumulating body shots and cigars
Way up light, sat and drank all night
It took me years to give it up,
but I felt I might lose her
love for myself as well.
I was living a wino's dream,
drowning in a whiskey stream.
A perfect life for a guy like me
The kind of life people pay to see
You be that free
It seems all our keys all like to swim,
stay wet on the outside and dry within
So I jumped right in,
went for a rainy swim
One with my thoughts and
counting strokes,
lost in the rhythm and the weightless flow
Like a kid again, playing in the rain
And the hardest thing a man can do
Is look inside and see the truth
about himself
Well, it rained all mornin' on the windowsill
I sat and watched him play guitar until
My thoughts all came clear as
the rain
You