there is no rose without a thorn no rain without the storm there is no laughter without tears no wisdom without years in a world gone crazy torn between the roads that we must choose win or lose if every soul should lose it s way if every face should lose it s name tell me who s gonna stop the rain each day another boy and girl sets foot into this world one reaches out to touch the sky one never learns to fly where is it written in the stone that any child should walk alone out on their own if no one tries to end this game or find a way to ease the pain tell me who s gonna stop the rain who s gonna stop the rain i said who s gonna stop the rain hey hey yeah how many rivers must we cross before we learn that the flood is rising high and the bridges all have burned each time another dream is washed into the sea it s another piece of you it s another piece of me oh yeah sure as the blood runs through your veins sure as the falling rain oh yeah we ll taste the tears of each defeat the bitter and the sweet yeah oh yeah as the days grow colder wonder if we ll ever see the sun when winter comes yeah if no one stands to take the weight if no one answers to the blame tell me who s gonna stop the rain  who s gonna stop the rain if every soul should lose it s way if every face should lose it s name if no one tries to end this game or find a way to ease the pain who s gonna stop the rain if no one stands to take the weight if no one answers to the blame tell me who s gonna stop who s gonna stop the rain who s gonna stop the rain 