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