E5 
I knew a  man who was afraid to love
to lay his heart on the bathroom rug
A5
he drank his coffee in the same old mug
E5 
and sat in silence ?til the world fell numb
 
A5
until the day when a girl came by
E5
she had eyes like the rising tide
C#5
he felt a sharpness deep inside
A5 
the kind of ache that can?t be satisfied

B5 
E5 
we hate the rain when it fills up our shoes
 
A5 
But how we love when it washes our cars
E5
we love to love when it fills up the room
but when it leaves oh we?re cursing the stars


A5
so he turned to the radio
F#5                B5
and he went to a  picture show
E5 
tried to find someone else who knows
        A5                   B5 
all the hurt that a heart can hold
she smelled like cinnamon and winter clove
   C#5       A5                     F#5
and sparked  like firewood inside a stove
      C#5               E5          A5
wanted to ask her just to sit and  stay
                          C#5      A5 
instead he watched as she walked away
 
                              B5   E5
we hate the rain when it fills up our shoes
                A5              B5
but how we love  when it washes our cars
we love to love when it fills up the room
but when it leaves oh we?re cursing the stars
 
C#5   A5                 Eb5        A5
we  hate the rain when it fills up  our shoes
                                   B5 
but how we love when it washes our  cars
        A5
we love  to love when it fills up the room
         E5 
but when  it leaves oh we?re cursing the stars