Crying in the Rain

When you are rich and famous will you remember me

And all of our good times, the way it used to be?
When the man from the Rolling Stone asks me what I know

I’ll tell him that I thought I knew you once long ago

 

But all that fame and fortune done gone to your head

So instead of saying something nice I’ll tell him you are dead

‘Cause the man I once knew wouldn’t treat me so mean

As that day you set out on your own and left me crying in the rain

 

(chorus)

You left me crying

Crying in the rain

As you rode toward the sunset

I tried to hide my pain

Out on the horizon

A rainbow called your name

You left me crying

Crying in the rain

 

I thought I heard you singing about those days in our youth

When we believed in freedom, justice, peace and truth

Are old times e’er forgotten or can you still recall

The way we stood together, our backs against the wall?

 

When the world was our oyster

Our friendship was the pearl

And the value of that treasure made paste of the Crown Jewels

But these years removed the luster; no longer does it shine

Since that day you set out on your own and left me crying in the rain

 

 

Thomas Hubbard  (1991)

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