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

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 standin' on a rock so firm and strong
But it was easy then to see just what was right and what was wrong

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