(Buddy Mondlock)
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Flipped into the wind
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Like the ashes of her cigarette
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He got scattered thrown on the breeze
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As he tried to forget
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He lost all his heat
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And his heart never will be the same
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He got lighter than air
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But he'll only come down in the rain
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Strung out and hung out to dry
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Laughin' under the line
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It's not such a dignified place
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But he really don't mind
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He says with his feet on the ground
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He'd have nothin' to say
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Claims he likes it up there
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And he'll only come down in the rain
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[Chorus:]
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Comin' down in the rain
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Washin' outta the sky
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Loaded down with the pain
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There just ain't no way to fly
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You can read him as clear
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As the wall where he once wrote his name
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It was right next to hers
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But it'll only come down in the rain
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Burnin' himself out on a limb
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Like a leaf in the fall
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He blazed for awhile
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Now he's feelin' all dried up and small
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The colors all gone
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Disappeared, near as quick as it came
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He says he can't stay up
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But, he'll only come down in the rain
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[Chorus]
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You can read him as clear as the wall
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Where he once wrote his name
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It was right next to hers
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But he'll only come down in the rain
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Comin' Down In The Rain
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Nanci Griffith |