Thankful For The Rain

You say, "Hello", like a long lost friend And play me like an old violin In a day or two, you're gone again And I wonder why I keep playin' I sit and watch the clouds each day Wonderin' when they'll turn to gray And you come and you go Like a storm across the coast And expect me to be thankful for the rain Well, I guess I should be thankful for All the nights of straight downpours I'm soakin' up every drop I get Cause who knows how long I'll have to wait 'Til you come blowin' back my way I'm learnin' to be thankful for the rain I know when the mornin' comes The truth will rise up like the sun Cause I'm cleanin' up the damage done That's everything I pray for You come and you go Like a storm across the coast And expect me to be thankful for the rain