C 
When I was a child I used to love to watch the rain 

I'd stand under the downspout, let the water cool my brain 

I never thought to worry if the river rose too high 

That all the seeds we planted would get washed out with the tide 
          F                                 C 
      But now I am a man, And I need a place to hide 
                  C                                D 
      But there's no where to run, And there's no place to hide 
                  F                             C 
      Where the water runs free, And the mud starts to slide 
 

C 
When I was a young man I could work through wind and rain 

I never thought to worry, had no reason to complain 

I thought that I standing on a rock so firm and strong 

But was easy then to see just what was right and what was wrong 
          F                                      C 
      But now I am a man, I won't be hanging 'round too long 
C 
When I was a child I used to love to watch the rain 

I'd stand under the downspout, let the water cool my brain 

I never thought to worry if the river rose too high 

That all the dreams we planted would get washed out with the tide 
                  C                              D 
      But there's no where to run, And there's no place to hide 
                  F                              C 
      Where the water runs free, And the mud starts to slide 
                  F                              C 
      Where the water runs free, And the mud starts to slide