when i was a child i used to love to watch the rain i d stand under the downspout let the water cool my brain i never thought to worry if the river rose too high that all the seeds we planted would get washed out with the tide but now i am a man and i need a place to hide but there s nowhere to run and there s no place to hide where the water runs free and the mud starts to slide when i was a young man i could work through wind and rain i never thought to worry had no reason to complain i thought that i was standing on a rock so firm and strong but it was easy then to see just what was right and what was wrong but now i am a man i won t be hanging round too long when i was a child i used to love to watch the rain i d stand under the downspout let the water cool my brain i never thought to worry if the river rose too high and all the dreams we planted would get washed out with the tide  but there s nowhere to run and there s no place to hide where the water runs free and the mud starts to slide where the water runs free and the mud starts to slide