Standing At the Crossroads

Well, I'm standing at the crossroads

With the rain pouring down

The middle of my life has come upon me

But if I kneel to pray, Lord, I might drown

I don't know how this happened

All them years, they've come and gone

'Til I'm standing down at the crossroads

In the rain before the dawn

Oh rain (Oh rain), keep on falling (Keep on falling)

Wash away my salty tears

Won't you wash away my sorrow?

It has robbed my joy for years

Rain down peace (Rain down peace)

Joy and laughter (Joy and laughter)

Please, before my time has come

And make me ready (Make me ready)

For some true love (For some true love)

All I'm asking is for just one

'Cause all my life, I roamed and rambled

Down hard highways and rails of steel

I never found no love in empty boxcars

No comfort in steady drive and wheel

Then one night (Then one night), deep

In the Southland (Deep in the Southland)

I stepped off (I stepped off) that rolling train

And as I walked down to the crossroads

With the sunrise came the rain

So rain (Oh rain), keep on falling (Keep on falling)

And wash away my salty tears

Won't you wash away my sorrow?

It has robbed (It has robbed) my joy for years (Joy for years)

Rain down peace (Rain down peace)

Joy and laughter (Joy and laughter)

Please, before my time has come

And make me ready (Make me ready)

For some true love (For some true love)

All I'm asking is for just one

Oh, make me ready (Make me ready)

For some true love (For some true love)

All I'm asking is for just one