nanci griffith - i wish it would rain lyrics

(nanci griffith)
[chorus:]
oh, i wish it would rain
and wash my face clean
i want to find some dark cloud to
hide in here
love in a memory
sparkled like diamonds
when the diamonds fall... they burn
like tears
when the diamonds fall... they burn
like tears

once i had a love from the
georgia pines
who only cared for me
i wanna find that love of twenty-two
here at thirty-three
i've got a heart on my right
one on my left... neither suits my needs
no, the one i love lives a-way out west
and he never will need me

[chorus]

i'm gonna pack up my two steppin' shoes
and head for the gulf coast plains
i wanna walk the streets of my
own hometown
where everybody knows my name
i wanna ride the waves down
in galveston
when the hurricanes blow in
'cuz that gulf coast water tastes
sweet as wine
when your heart's rollin' home in
the wind

[chorus]

when the diamonds fall darlin'... they
burn like tears