It's been a long time coming now (long time coming now, long time coming now) Oh, I saw everything Here it is, ain't no running now (no running now, no running now) Oh, I've seen it all from a distance (all from a distance, seen it all from a distance)

Someone told me long ago There's a calm before the storm It's been comin' for some time When it's over, so they say It'll rain a sunny day Shinin' down like water I want to know, have you ever seen the rain?

Been a long time gone, Long time gone, and it ain't coming back again. Daddy sits on the front porch swinging, Looking out on a vacant field. Used to be filled with burley t'bacca. Now he knows it never will. My brother found work in Indiana, Sister's a

I'm hanging on to my peace of mind I just don't know The apple of my eye Oh, I just don't know, no, no, no, no Singing like a nightingale Coming my way Down along that devastation trail I'm hanging on to those good times, baby Just want to let them roll

Been a long time gone, Long time gone, and it ain't coming back again. Daddy sits on the front porch swinging, Looking out on a vacant field. Used to be filled with burley t'bacca. Now he knows it never will. My brother found work in Indiana, Sister's a

I want to know Have you ever seen the rain? Have you ever seen the rain Comin' down on a sunny day? Someone told me long ago There's a calm before the storm I know; it's been comin' for some time. When it's over so they say

I wanna know, have you ever seen the rain Coming down on a sunny day Someone told me long ago There's a calm before the storm I know, and its been coming for sometime When its over so they say It'll bring a sunny day I know, shining down like water

With you here, I am home But here won't last too long The hardest love is when you're gone, no Keep running back to the last time Tell me everything’s in you baby And all your welcoming words never phase me Your hazy, welcoming eyes were my safety Tell

You can have the house Girl all I want you to leave me is alone You can have the money You can have every penny that I will make from this here song Don't act surprised it ain't like you didn't know It's been a long long time comin' and it's time for me

Air, air, air, air, air, air Air-air-air-air-air-air-air-air You, you don't mean no harm But you're stringin' me along and I don't have the time to spare And I, I'm trying hard to breathe But you're suffocating me, this time I'm coming up for air Never