The Rain (et al)

rain falls on this fine day

mirrors the mood that’s holding sway

now angels have got to fly away

rain like dream has no sound

but when it falls on leaves and ground

sweetest applause I’ve ever found

now I don’t mind the rain at all

nothing’s clearer to me than this fog

in which I’ve walked for too damn long

singing nothing for no one

nothing said nothing gained

a boat of paper hauls your name

flows the gutter down the drain

now I don’t mind the rain at all

I wanna know where sunlight goes

when darkness leaves us hard and cold

and rain’s a tarnished bell that tolls

I want the days to keep comin’ on

like some old lover’s favourite sing

but days and days have come and gone

now I don’t mind the rain at all

we wait for waves all silver-crowned

and all the love we never found

and laughter ever spinning ‘round

but when the shoreline disappears

hurricane threat is in the air

all fate confirmed there’s no one there

now I don’t mind the rain at all

a thousand sleepers still wet with sleep

awake into the same old scene

pledge to find someone to blame

I wanna rock I wanna roll

I wanna live my life with soul

I wanna hear the trumpet call

reveille through the rain that’s all

1989