"You say hello like a long lost friend And play me like an old violin And in a day or two you're gone again And I wonder why I keep playing I sit and watch the clouds each day Wondering 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 And soaking up every drop I get 'Cause who knows how long I'll have to wait 'Til you come blowing back my way I'm learning to be thankful for the rain I know when the morning comes The truth will rise up like the sun As I'm cleaning up the damage done There's everything I prayed for You come and you go Like a storm across the coast And expect me to be thankful for the rain
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