As The Rain

My friend and companion went out to go walking

He didn’t wear his shoes, he didn’t carry his cane

He passed through the gate on the day the plums blossomed

He said: Don’t you wait up

I’ll be back as the rain

The tobacco smoke’s clear

And the wine glass is broken

The ashes are cold

Where there once was a flame

Outside in the green hills

A wild bird is calling

Singin': Don’t you wait up

I’ll be back as the rain

So dust off the keys of the upright piano

Slap tambourines while the saxophone blows

The blossoms don’t mourn in the ices of winter

We don’t mourn for a man who lived life as he chose

There’s a new glass in the roof

And the light comes in streaming

You can lie in the bed and see star shot domains

In the dreams of his wife

He is there fair and handsome

And his children are singin’

He’ll be back as the rain

Fog is the breath of the mountains at morning

We’re passengers all on a runaway train

The soldier, the tailor, the prisoner, the jailor

We’re all standing in line

To come back as the rain

So dust off the keys of the upright piano

Slap tambourines while the saxophone blows

The blossoms don’t mourn in the ices of winter

We don’t mourn for a man who lived life as he chose

My friend and companion

Went out to go walking

He didn’t wear his shoes

He didn’t carry his cane

He passed through the gate

On the day the plums blossomed

He said: Don’t you wait up

I’ll be back as the rain

He said: Don’t you wait up

I’ll be back as the rain