Next stop, Chicago

Such a long, long train ride

Such a long, lonely ride back home

Now I know only I can stop the rain

Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh

Now I know only I can stop the rain

It′s not that we gotta do what we do

It's what we know

So to me it ain′t nothin' but bein' true, but

Now I know only I can stop the rain

It doesn′t have to be the way it is, you say it is

Just because for the past 20 years every day it is (what?)

Now I know only I can stop the rain

I wanna be able to walk out my front door

Without worryin′ about comin' to conflict with the law, ′cause

Now I know only I can stop the rain

If I follow Him, they'll follow me

And I′ll speak life into the words that you can see, 'cause

Now I know (c′mon) only I can stop the rain

We get away with it everyday shit

But everyday shit catches up with you

And when it does you can't say shit

Now I know only I can stop the rain

If I don't, you will, what I won′t, you still

What makes us feel like we gots to kill, when

Now I know only I can stop the rain

How many more lives must we lose

How many more times must we choose to trust these fools

Now I know only I can stop the rain

If it ain′t broke, don't fix it, I gave it to you straight

Don′t mix it, twist it (what) up for some slick shit

Now I know only I can stop the rain

I don't have to talk to it anymore

I don′t have to walk to it anymore, I'm out the door (what)

Now I know only I can stop the rain

I wanna find peace with the Lord

I don′t wanna find a beast with the sword, I can't afford to

Now I know only I can stop the rain

When everyday of my life

Is just a constant fight between wrong and right (what)

Now I know only I can stop the rain

I thank you, Lord, for my life

I thank you, Lord, for keeping it loose when things got tight

Now I know only I can stop the rain

Only I can stop the rain

Only I can stop the pain, yeah

Now I know only I can stop the rain

Only I can stop the rain, stop the rain, yeah (what)

Only I (only I) can stop (can stop) the rain (the rain)

Only I can stop the rain because the rain falls on me

Now I know only I can stop the rain

Only I can stop the rain

I'm out