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G C/G G
I hear the drizzle of the rain
Am Am/G D/F# D7
Like a memory it falls
G D/F# G C
Soft and warm continuing
Am Em D G C G
Tapping on my roof and walls
G C/G G
And from the shelter of my mind
Am Am/G D/F# D7
Through the window of my eyes
G D/F# G C
I gaze beyond the rain drenched streets
Am Em D G C G
To England where my heart lies
G C/G G
My mind's distracted and diffused
Am Am/G D/F# D7
My thoughts are many miles away
G D/F# G C
They lie with you when you're asleep
Am Em D G C G
And kiss you when you start your day
G C/G G
And a song I was writing is left undone
Am Am/G D/F# D7
I don't know why I spent my time
G D/F# G C
Writing songs I can't believe
Am Em D G C G
With words that tear and strain to rhyme
G C/G G
And so you see I have come to doubt
Am Am/G D/F# D7
All that I once knew as true
G D/F# G C
I stand alone without beliefs
Am Em D G C G
The only truth I know is you
G C/G G
And as I watch the drops of rain
Am Am/G D/F# D7
weave their weary paths and die
G D/F# G C
I know that I am like the rain
Am Em D G C G
There but for the grace of you go I