The Man Who Sold the Rain

Lyrics

**[Verse 1]** On a corner downtown By the old arcade Stood a man with a cart And a striped sunshade He sold umbrellas For a dollar or two And he'd watch the sky Like the sailors do **[Verse 2]** People came running When the clouds turned gray He would hand them a smile As they hurried away One would miss a train One would stop for a friend And he'd say, "Funny how A little rain can bend" **[Pre-Chorus]** All the plans we make All the roads we take Sometimes one small change Is all it takes **[Chorus]** He was the man who sold the rain On the corner by the train He couldn't change the weather But he brought us together He was the man who sold the rain With a smile through the gray And when the whole town hurried He would tell them, "Stay" **[Verse 3]** Then one afternoon A woman stopped by With a coat full of rain And a question in her eyes She said, "Do you ever Take a day for yourself?" He looked at his cart And the things on the shelf **[Pre-Chorus]** She said, "You watch the world But you never go far" He said, "I know these streets And I know who you are" **[Chorus]** He was the man who sold the rain On the corner by the train He couldn't change the weather But he brought us together He was the man who sold the rain With a smile through the gray And when the whole town hurried He would tell them, "Stay" **[Bridge]** The next day at noon The old cart was closed A note on the handle Said, "Gone where the wind blows" He took the first bus Past the edge of town And watched from the window As the rain came down **[Instrumental Break]** **[Final Chorus]** He was the man who sold the rain On the corner by the train He couldn't change the weather But he brought us together Now he's somewhere down the road With a story of his own And the corner's still the same When the clouds bring back the rain **[Outro]** If you pass that corner When the sky turns gray You might hear somebody say "He taught us how to stay"