The Idler, The Prophet And A Girl Called Rain

Broken she had spoken, "Here's a token of a lonely one"

The Idler stood beside of her, wonderin' whether to walk or run

"Rain" he said, "Tell me again, how you got your funny name"

She said, "My house is the only one on that street,

I live at One South Rainey's Lane"

"Jesus, where is he when you need him" Rain said and threw a penny into the well

"He's usually" spoke the Prophet, "behind you and your just too dumb to tell"

Rain said "Who are you? You look like a drunken fool,

I wasn't talkin' to you anyway"

The Prophet said "I'm no one baby, just like you,

but I can spot a joker coming a mile away....hey"

The prophet said "You can turn and you turn, tryin' to find yourself

You turn and you turn 'til there's no one else

You turn and you turn, until you turn insane"

Aching hours and aching days with the Idler, the Prophet and a girl called Rain

The Prophet he was smokin' by the well runnin' his hands through his greasy hair

The Idler wasn't movin' he was gazin' into the stillness of the air

Rain she sat, adjusted her hat, and said somethin' as a city bus roared by

The Prophet said "I'm sorry I didn't catch your name"

as he looked into the troubled oceans of her eyes

Rain said "Forget it, now... it doesn't matter anyhow. I'm just a cat out on the ledge"

The Prophet said "Melodrama suits you girl... I just don't think you've got the edge"

The Idler looked twice and he rolled his dice and said "You know what would be nice?...

If you two would shut up for a while"

The Prophet said "That's fine with me"

Rain nodded, she seemed to agree and the Idler began to smile,

Just like a child... The Prophet said,

"You can turn and you turn tryin' to find yourself

You turn and you turn 'til there's no one else

You turn and you turn in a baptism of flame"

The wind swept like a revelation with the Idler, the Prophet and a girl called Rain

The Idler said "Indecision's, ruthless"

as he saw a toothless mother near her child engulf a beer

Rain said "I've fallen so many times these days no one believes it or seems to care"