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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