Standard (EADGBE)

Verse i

Shed no tears for me

There'll be rain enough today

I'm wishing you Godspeed as I wave you on your way

This won't be the first time I've stayed behind to face

The bitter consequences of an ancient fall from grace

I'm a daughter of the race of Cain

I am not stranger to the rain

Verse ii

Orphan in the storm

That's a role I've played before

And I've learned not to tremble

When I hear the thunder roar

I don't curse what I can't change

I just play the hand I'm dealt

And when they lighten up my rations

I tighten up my belt

I won't say I've never felt the pain

But I am not a stranger to the rain

Bridge

And for the boy who's given me the sweetest love I've known

I wish for him another love so he won't be alone

But I am bound to walk among the wounded and the slain

And when the storm comes crashing on the plain

I will dance before the lightning to music sacred and profane

Chorus

Oh, shed no tears for me

Light no candle for my sake

This journey I'll be taking now

Is one we all must make

Shoulder to the wind

I'll turn my face into the spray

And when the heavens open

Let the drops fall where they may

If they finally wash away the stain

From a daughter of the race of Cain

I am not a stranger to the rain

Let it rain!