Rain - Jen Cloher, Jen Cloher & The Endless Sea

As the rain it flooded the underpass

And the light from the restaurant hit her face in a way

That made me wish that she would stay

And her make-up ran in a little black river

Over pores and years and loves withered

I’m a simple man but I know this much

Joy in a woman is as good as her touch

I’m a faulted man, I’ve lied and I’ve stolen

Felt the heaviness of guilt and the loneliness of withholding

Know a good woman can’t change all in this heart

But by hell or high water it’s a pretty good start

Rain

Rain won’t wash this away

Cos a storm won’t rise when you’re caught in the eye

Came down this road with nowhere to go

But rain won’t wash this away

Made a new life it was simple and small

Days would pass and no-one would call

But at night I’d lay and I’d pray

That all that had brought me here

Might fall away

There’s no rose petals scattered over this bed

No fifty red roses to lay down your head

Oh for the time I wished that you said

Come on home man home to my bed

Rain

Rain won’t wash this away

Cos a storm won’t rise when you’re caught in the eye

Came down this road with nowhere to go

But rain won’t wash this away