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

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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