Pouring Rain (1993)

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I could see as I rode in The ships were gone and the pit filled in A funeral bell called the hour in A lonesome drunk was stumbling [Chorus] Not a twang of a guitar The sound of your blues train got me far Not even a shadow of desire In the pouring, pouring rain [Verse 2] Hammers beat in dusty times On these weedy, rusted lines Mocking the sun and optimistic signs Above the chained-up gates of iron [Chorus] The sun won't shine this way again The lucky moon went on the wane The lights went out in the hall of fame In the pouring, pouring rain [Verse 3] Breeze black windows in dead streets Where life was lived upon the cheap "Ask no questions, work and sleep" Said the old time ghosts on my old street [Chorus] I hear the shout, but I don't feel no pain Feel so lucky, spinning in the rain I hear the shout, but I don't feel no pain Absolutely [?] in the rain [Verse 4] [?] The corner shops with scissor teeth They're clippin' the life from weary me I'm knockin' 'em down on HP Street [Verse 5] Now the army band leads 'em in the train That's some trombone and some refrain The future points to the weathervane In the pouring, pouring rain [Chorus] I hear the shout, but I don't feel no pain Just a lucky stranger in the rain I hear the shout, but I don't feel no pain Absolutely [?] in the rain