| When i was a child
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| I used to love to watch the rain
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| I’d stand under the downspout
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| Let the water cool my brain
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| I never thought to worry
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| If the river rose too high
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| That all the seeds we planted
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| Would get washed out with the tide
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| But now i am a man
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| And i need a place to hide
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| But there’s nowhere to run
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| And there’s no place to hide
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| Where the water runs free
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| And the mud starts to slide
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| When i was a young man
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| I could work through wind and rain
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| I never thought to worry
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| Had no reason to complain
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| I thought that i was standing
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| On a rock so firm and strong
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| But it was easy then to see
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| Just what was right
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| And what was wrong
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| But now i am a man
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| I won’t be hanging round too long
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| 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
|
| Where the water runs free
|
| And the mud starts to slide |