You can hear an earlier version of this song recorded back in 1982 as well as the story behind it here: “Running In Rain” From “Songs Through A Window”
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Running In Rain
Song #5 | June 1977
Running in rain
And rejoicing in windshields
That drive by insisting
That I am insane
I ponder the meanings
That lie in the clouds
Knowing full well
That the answers
Lie on the ground
Traveling through the reaches
Of many self made lands
Wandering on the beaches
Formed with mind made sands
Breathing the rain
And moving in solitude
I’m part of the pavement
And part of the sky
Praying to time,
The god of Man
I ask to be able
To go where I can
Travel through the reaches
Of many self made lands
Wander on the beaches
Formed with mind made sands
On my way home
I pass children
In their raincoats
Splashing in puddles
And they laugh with me
But, still I…
Feel the wanderer
Rushing inside
Free on the moment
And soft on the high
Moving in rhythm
Of forward thrust
I may change
But the rain stays the same
Oh the rain stays the same…
Oh the rain stays the same…
Oh the rain stays, the rain stays, the rains stays the same.
Copyright 1977-2015 by Mark Shepard. All rights reserved.
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