Up Against the Rain

You ran up against the rain everyday of your short life
 Suffered for your muse without complaining
 Never heard you swear life isn't fair but it doesn't make it right
 You left the world knowing all too well what pain is
 You took it on yourself to pave the road to hell
 Paid your dues and sang the blues, Lord, you knew them all too well
 Every word upon the page, you let them sail away
 The wind would blow and then you'd go up against the rain
 You listened to the songs and then you wrote your own
 Somewhere along the way you passed the muse along
 I feel your presence in this room beneath the waning moon
 It's good to know that dying couldn't tame you
 You took it on yourself to pave the road to hell
 Paid your dues and sang the blues, Lord, you knew them all too well
 Every word upon the page, you let them sail away
 The wind would blow and then you'd go up against the rain
 Last night the weather turned, this morning we had snow
 Today they'll lay you in the ground
 Someday we'll all know where it is we go
 My tears will say goodbye while the rain is coming down
 You took it on yourself to pave the road to hell
 Paid your dues and sang the blues, Lord, you knew them all too well
 Every word upon the page, you let them sail away
 The wind would blow and then you'd go up against the rain
 The wind would blow and then you'd go up against the rain