The Rain

Next stop, Chicago Such a long, long train ride Such a long, lonely ride back home 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 (what) 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, yeah Now I know only I can stop the rain Only I can stop the rain, stop the rain, yeah (what) Only I (only I) can stop (can stop) the rain (the rain) Only I can stop the rain because the rain falls on me Now I know only I can stop the rain Only I can stop the rain I'm out