From the recording SHADOW PEOPLE
Lyrics
RAIN TALKS<br />
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When I was a young man, flying so free,<br />
I thought this whole world was made for me.<br />
I never took advice from anyone,<br />
Spent my time lying in the sun.<br />
<br />
Fell in love with you,<br />
Never knew what I had;<br />
Felt the need to wander -<br />
Felt the need to be bad.<br />
Dealt you excuses from under the top,<br />
But it wasn’t those deuces that made me stop.<br />
It must have been those queens that you caught me holding.<br />
The game is up; I guess I’m folding.<br />
It must have been those queens that you caught me holding.<br />
The game is up; I guess I’m folding.<br />
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Where, oh where, can my love be?<br />
It’s a paint-by-number mystery,<br />
With shadows filling in where<br />
The colors should be.<br />
Where, oh where, can my love be?<br />
<br />
When I was a young man, flying so free,<br />
I thought this whole world was made for me.<br />
Never took advice from anyone,<br />
Spent my time lying in the sun.<br />
Now, if I were reincarnated right this minute,<br />
There’d be a bright sky -- I’d be the storm cloud in it.<br />
<br />
About a million raindrops hit my head today;<br />
Every one had the same thing to say:<br />
They said, “Drip, drip, drip,<br />
You’re a really big jerk.<br />
It’s a pity, pity, pity that your<br />
Patter didn’t work.<br />
Drop, drop, drop,<br />
You dropped the ball this time.<br />
Left your dirty laundry<br />
Hanging on the line.” <br />
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Copyright © 1999 Lex Zaleta<br />