When It Rains

Well, a cop got away

With murder today

Sparked the march

Of the fiery brigade

How they screamed at the lenses, the lawyers and lights

And they hurled all their curses with all of their might

And the news

Said glad that it's over

The newspaper rags

Said there goes another

And both sides left the signs with the stacked barricades

It'll wash it all away when it rains

Well, they came down from high rises

Mansions, estates

Down into a city

Of catered champagne

And they laughed

And they danced

And they dined on their steaks

There were floors to be swept

And bills to be paid

And the mayor

Said glad you came over

And now what to do

With these jailed wild rovers?

All the courts, and confetti, and dumpsters in flames

It'll wash it all away when it rains

There's a man on the bridge

Old rust and new paint

While the marching machine's

Spilling sand by the bay

Pump's busted again

For the rivers and trains

While the choirs all preach

'Bout an earth to be saved

Don't you know

There's no need to worry

Of the old tale

With a beautiful ending

All the shells

And the smoke

And the hallowed ground paved

And the scraps

And the crumbs

And the mess that we made

And I wish that it all would just go away

It'll wash it all away

When it rains