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 But now I am a man And I need a place to hide But there's nowhere to run And there's no place to hide Where the water runs free And the mud starts to slide 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 was standing on a rock so firm and strong But it was easy then to see,just what was right and what was wrong But now I am a man I won't be hanging round too long 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 And all the dreams we planted would get washed out with the tide But there's nowhere to run And there's no place to hide Where the water runs free And the mud starts to slide Where the water runs free And the mud starts to slide

I've got to find a place to hideaway Far from the shadows of my mind Sunlight and laughter, love ever after Oh, how I long to find a place to hide away I hear you whisper and I must obey Blindly I follow where you lead Knowing tomorrow, brings only sorrow Where can I go to find a place to hide away? Bright coloured pinwheels go round in my head I run through the mist of the wine But night and the music remind me instead The world once was mine (once was mine) I'll save my pennies for a rainy day (save them for a rainy day) But where can I buy another you? Dreams are for sleeping, love is for weeping Oh, how I long to find a place to hide away But night and the music remind me instead The world once was mine (world once was mine) I'll save my pennies for a rainy day (save them for a rainy day) But where can I buy another you? Dreams are for sleeping, love is for weeping Oh, how I long to find a place to hide away