The rain falls down on last year's man That's a Jew's harp on the table, that's a crayon in his hand And the corners of the blueprint are ruined since they rolled Far past the stems of thumbtacks that still throw shadows on the wood And the skylight is like skin for a drum I'll never mend And all the rain falls down, amen, on the works of last year's man I met a lady, she was playing with her soldiers in the dark Oh, one by one she had to tell them that her name was Joan of Arc I was in that army, yes, I stayed a little while I want to thank you, Joan of Arc for treating me so well And though I wear a uniform, I was not born to fight All these wounded boys you lie beside goodnight, my friends, goodnight I came upon a wedding that old families had contrived Bethlehem the bridegroom, Babylon the bride Great Babylon was naked, oh, she stood there trembling for me And Bethlehem inflamed us both like the shy one at some orgy And when we fell together all our flesh was like a veil That I had to draw aside to see the serpent eat its tail Some women wait for Jesus, and some women wait for Cain So I hang upon my altar and I hoist my Axe again And I take the one who finds me back to where it all began When Jesus was the honeymoon and Cain was just the man And we read from pleasant Bibles that are bound in blood and skin That the wilderness is gathering all its children back again The rain falls down on last year's man An hour has gone by and he has not moved his hand But everything will happen if he only gives the word The lovers will rise up and the mountains touch the ground But the skylight is like skin for a drum I'll never mend And all the rain falls down, amen, on the works of last year's man

Oh, I could take care of all your troubles, your troubles If you don't mind, I will try to make it through You fight all your enemies, wait 'til you fall asleep I'll give you all of my love Oh, I could take care of all your troubles, your troubles Yeah, you drown in emotions so deep You can put all your demons on me And I'll hold it until you can see No, baby, don't worry 'bout a thing Oh, I, I, I could take care of all your troubles, your troubles If you don't mind, I will try to make it through, it through Fight all your enemies, wait 'til you fall asleep I'll give you all of my love Oh, I, I, I could take care of all your troubles, your troubles, oh Oh, you, you don't have to feel so lonely, so lonely And if you do, I can take you out of here, of here Your ghost are away me, changing your atmosphere I'll give you all of my love, oh You, you don't have to feel so lonely, so lonely Yeah, you drown in emotions so deep You can put all your demons on me And I'll hold it until you can see No, baby, don't worry 'bout a thing Oh, I, I, I could take care of all your troubles, your troubles If you don't mind, I will try to make it through, it through Fight all your enemies, wait 'til you fall asleep I'll give you all of my love Oh, I, I, I could take care of all your troubles, your troubles, oh-oh-oh, oh

Hey Riverbank, it's been so long I'm glad to see you ain't gone You're the best escape I've ever known Coming to you is like coming home I could barely wait to be layin' low And this whole damn week went way too slow I've been looking for some time I ain't got much, but it's all mine Tossin' my troubles in the water 'Til every single one is gone And as they float downstream away from me I'm gonna sit back and watch 'em roll on Hey Lazy Day, now where you been? Me, I've been workin' hard since I don't know when Lately your kind's been hard to find But I tell you what, you've been on my mind Tossin' my troubles in the water 'Til every single one is gone And as they float downstream away from me I'm gonna sit back and watch 'em roll on I'll be here, layin' low I ain't got nowhere to go Feelin' good, feelin' fine I ain't got much, but I got some time Tossin' my troubles in the water 'Til every single one is gone And as they float downstream away from me I'm gonna sit back and watch 'em roll on