Intro
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[Verse 1]
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Rain on the rail, freezing to die and I swear that I can’t go.
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What did you find out on the line in the wind and the snow?
[Chorus 1]
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Rain on the rail in a cloud before she left,
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keeping the drugs you love
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while your lover’s bereft.
[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
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Rain on the rail, I can’t tell if it’s morning or if it’s night.
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It’s all the same, taking the blame feels like nothing all the time.
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Rain on the rail, I just sit here and wait,
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thinking just about bad blood.
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Cold wind haunted all the treetops
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and the leaves fall down, down, down
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into the mud.
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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Rain on the rail, I can’t tell what will come after this.
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Keep on thinking I waited to try once I wasn’t such a mess.
[Chorus 3]
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Cold wind, Black Mountain hollow,
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I ain't never been out to the sea.
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If you see poems all around you there write one for me.
B A (Am)
Take you a picture of California and send it to me.
[Outro]
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