intro this one goes out to the possum you better sing along verse 1 he said i ll love you till i die she said you ll forget in time as the years went rolling by she still prayed upon his mind kept some letters by the bed dated 1962 and he had underlined in red every single i love you kept her pictures on the wall went half crazy now and then and he still loved her through it all prayed she d come back again chorus and he stopped loving her today they placed a wreath upon his door and soon they ll carry him away cause he stopped loving her today verse 2 i went to see him today and hell i didn t see no tears all dressed up to go away first time i ve seen him smile in years chorus and he stopped loving her today they placed a wreath upon his door and soon they ll carry him away cause he stopped loving her today verse 3 the day they laid that poor fool in the ground there was only one face to be found still beautiful she said looking back in the mirror that cold hearted bitch didn t shed one single tear verse 4 she said i never meant to cause you any sorrow i never meant to cause you any pain only wanted to one time see you laughing i only wanted to see you laughing in the purple rain hey purple rain purple rain hey purple rain purple rain only wanted to one time see you laughing laughing her in purple rain verse 5 i never wanna be you weekend lover i only wanna be your best friend i could never steal you from another its such a shame our friendship had to end chorus 2 hey purple rain purple rain hey purple rain purple rain only wanted to one time see you baby hey baby in the purple rain outro he stopped loving her today we love you possum 