The Rain

[Intro]

Next stop, Chicago

It's such a long, long train ride

It's such a long lonely ride back home

[Verse]

Now I know only I can stop the rain

Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh

Now I know only I can stop the rain

It's not that we gotta do what we do

It's what we know

So to me it ain't nothin' but bein' true, but

Now I know only I can stop the rain

It doesn't have to be the way it is, you say it is

Just because for the past 20 years every day it is (What?)

Now I know only I can stop the rain

I wanna be able to walk out my front door

Without worryin' about comin' to conflict with the law, 'cause

Now I know only I can stop the rain

If I follow Him, they'll follow me

And I'll speak life into the words that you can see, 'cause

Now I know (C'mon) only I can stop the rain

We get away with it everyday shit

But everyday shit catches up with you and when it does you can't say shit

Now I know only I can stop the rain

If I don't, you will, what I won't, you still

What makes us feel like we gots to kill, when

Now I know only I can stop the rain

How many more lives must we lose

How many more times must we choose to trust these fools

Now I know only I can stop the rain

If it ain't broke, don't fix it, I gave it to you straight

Don't mix it, twist it (What) up for some slick shit

Now I know only I can stop the rain

I don't have to talk to it anymore

I don't have to walk to it anymore, I'm out the door (What)

Now I know only I can stop the rain

I wanna find peace with the Lord

I don't wanna find a beast with the sword, I can't afford to

Now I know only I can stop the rain

When everyday of my life

Is just a constant fight between wrong and right

Now I know only I can stop the rain

I thank you, Lord for my life

I thank you, Lord for keeping it loose when things got tight

Now I know only I can stop the rain

Only I can stop the rain

Only I can stop the pain

Now I know only I can stop the rain

Only I can stop the rain, stop the rain

Only I can stop the rain

Only I can stop the rain because the rain calls on me

Now I know only I can stop the rain

Only I can stop the rain

I'm out