One morning in early spring time
Sipping coffee on the front stair
The birds are chirping and singing
A chill still clings to the air
The shadows of the new leaves
cover the newly green ground
The steam from my mug is rising
I shiver as I look around
I throw my bag o'er my shoulder
Heading out for the day
Another of life's small adventures
waiting to take me away
I set out from my front stair
The birds continue to sing
I seek out what lies before me
and waltz through the early spring
She wakes up every morning
with a storm cloud hanging over her head
She greets it without thinking
with an old, familiar dread
And as she goes about her day
the shadow never seems to fade
'til she falls back into bed and the end
of another rainy day
It's the times when she slows down
that the darkest shadows seem to form
So she spends her days in moving
trying to keep ahead of the storm
But it's always one thing then the next
and never a chance to catch her breath And her worn out coat and boots are drenched
from another rainy day
And she thinks to herself
What's the use in fighting this way?
May as well ask a single stone
to keep the ocean at bay
And don't they say that all those showers in April lead to blooming flowers in May?
So throw out your umbrella
and step outside and dance in the rain
Now she wakes up every morning
with a storm cloud hanging over her head
She greets it without thinking
like an old, familiar friend
And though it never seems to fade
she knows that at the end of the day
she gets to crawl back into bed and get ready
for another rainy day
Another rainy day
It's another rainy day
credits
released April 15, 2022
Recorded and Mixed by John Wright at The Villa in Savage, MN
Music and Lyrics by Danny Schwarze (Small Adventures Publishing)
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