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The rain it started tappin, on the window near my bed

There was a loophole in my dreamin, so I got out of it

And to my surprise my eyes were wide and already open

To my nightstand and my dresser where those nightmares had just been

So I dressed myself and left them, out into the grey streets

But everything seemed different, completely new to me

The sky, the trees, houses, buildings, even my own body

And each person I encountered, I couldn’t wait to meet

And I came upon a doctor, who appeared in quite poor health

I said there’s nothing that I can do for you that you can’t do for yourself

He said “Oh yes you can just hold my hand, I think that that would help”

So I sat with him a while, and I asked him how he felt

for your therapeutic smile."

So that’s how I learned the lesson, that everyone’s alone

And eyes must do some raining, if you’re ever gonna grow

And when cryin don’t help, you can’t compose yourself it’s best to compose a poem

An honest verse of longing, or a simple song of hope

That’s why I’m singin’ baby don’t worry, cause now I got you back

And every time you feel like crying, I’m gonna try and make you laugh

And if I can’t, if it just hurts too bad, then we’ll wait for it to pass

And I will keep you company, for those days so long and black

And we’ll keep working on the problem, that no one ever solved

Of love’s uneven remainders, our lives are fractions of a whole

But if the world could remain within a frame, like a painting on a wall

Then I think we’d see the beauty and, we’d stand staring in awe