C5 
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 
          F5                                 C5 
      But now I am a man, And I need a place to hide 
                  C5                                D5 
      But there's no where to run, And there's no place to hide 
                  F5                             C5 
      Where the water runs free, And the mud starts to slide 
 

C5 
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 
          F5                                      C5 
      But now I am a man, I won't be hanging 'round too long 
C5 
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 
                  C5                              D5 
      But there's no where to run, And there's no place to hide 
                  F5                              C5 
      Where the water runs free, And the mud starts to slide 
                  F5                              C5 
      Where the water runs free, And the mud starts to slide