And when things are going crazy I'll be your shelter, baby Keep you warm and Keep you from the rain- hey, hey There is a place up the street street It's a funky little place we can meet It's my house built for love From the kitchen to the basement, wall to wall

Surprise surprise Yesterday is yesterday And lies they lied You don't have to love this town Walking through these empty streets This town is dead Rain Rain is coming harder now upon your head You can't get far enough away

And I don't know how it gets better than this You take my hand and drag me head first And I don't know why but with you I'd dance In a storm in my best dress There's somethin' bout the way The street street looks when it's just rained There's a glow off the

They've tied your hands and tied your feet And the street street is narrow It's a dead end street street The nowhere lane, the nowhere train for Elaine, Elaine, Elaine You're like a goldfish in a bowl, Elaine, Elaine, Elaine They have your mind, they'll take your soul

When your wrist like this, you don't check the forecast Made a brick through a brick, I ain't whip up shit From the streets, but I got a little sense But I had to go coupe, no brain, coupe no brain I ain't worried 'bout you, I'ma do what I do And I do my

And without you is how I disappear, And live my life alone forever now To un-explain the unforgivable, Drain all the blood and give the kids a show By streetlight this dark night, A séance down below There're things that I have done, You never should

That help is coming When I need it most Give me hope But give me hope Let it rain rain As I walk these streets unknown To no one named Not even myself When I'm low

Her lipstick stains like acid rain rain Dissolving away my sense of restraint The streetlamps burned through the cloak of the fog So come to me So come for me Concealing the violence, I've been stung by the wasp No sense of restraint I've been stung by the

I fell in love with a bad bad man Ever since I met him I've been sad sad sad I'm a jail bird to your music I'm a criminal in your prayer I watch you in your sleep even when you're not there Rainbows wept colour all over the streets When you went away

The sky is crying the streets are full of tears Rain Rain come down wash away my fears And all this writing on the wall Oh I can read between the lines Rain Rain come down forgive this dirty town Rain Rain come down and give this dirty town A drink of water a drink of