(bob lucas)
when i was a child
i used to love to watch the rain
i'd stand under the downspout
let the water cool my brain
i never thought to worry
if the river rose too high
that all the seeds we planted
would get washed out with the tide
but now i am a man
and i need a place to hide
[chorus:]
but there's nowhere to run
and there's no place to hide
where the water runs free
and the mud starts to slide
when i was a young man
i could work through wind and rain
i never thought to worry
had no reason to complain
i thought that i was standing
on a rock so firm and strong
but it was easy then to see
just what was right
and what was wrong
but now i am a man
i won't be hanging round too long
when i was a child
i used to love to watch the rain
i'd stand under the downspout
let the water cool my brain
i never thought to worry
if the river rose too high
and all the dreams we planted
would get washed out with the tide
[chorus]
where the water runs free
and the mud starts to slide |