After the Rain

Rain on me, you stormy sky, wash my sins away

Let the thunder roll, let the lightning strike until I’m clean again

Moon shine bright behind the clouds, but don’t you show your face

Till I’m clean by and by and I’m free from earthly trials

When I’m new again after the rain

After the rain, when the clouds roll away

When my skin is soaked through with water

When the pain is awful great, I can face the coming days

When I’m new again after the rain

When I come or go, to the west, to the east, over the mountain or over the sea

It don’t matter where I am, I will be a happy man if those clouds just follow me

Someone said to me, “You’re a fool to wait. I will take you down to the river

And the stream will wash away all the pain of yesterday”

I said, “Thanks, but I’ll just wait for the rain”

After the rain, when the clouds roll away

When my skin is soaked through with water

When my legs can’t hold their weight, when I’m waiting for my fate

I’ll be new again after the rain

I don’t know what Jesus said, he never spoke to me

But I thank the sky above for pouring down her holy love

To save a wretch like me

After the rain, when the clouds roll away

When my skin is soaked through with water

When the night won’t turn to day, when the pain is awful great

I’ll be new again after the rain