Hands Like Rain-James Mcmurtry

[ti:Hands Like Rain] [ar:James Mcmurtry] [al:Candyland] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Hands Like Rain - James Mcmurtry [00:11.12]Slowly crawling 'cross the floor [00:14.05] [00:14.96]Comes a shadow through the window [00:17.60]From the house next door [00:19.37] [00:21.00]The specks dancing [00:22.37]In the last of the light [00:24.10] [00:25.65]One more evening passing [00:27.87] [00:30.53]She walked on tiptoes [00:31.97] [00:32.90]On a gravel bar [00:34.20] [00:35.31]Wet skin pale as the evening star [00:38.46] [00:40.18]The North Platte winding like a silver eel [00:43.28] [00:44.89]Hands like rain on August fields [00:48.60] [00:49.43]Hands like rain [00:50.81] [00:51.94]Falling soft [00:53.30] [00:54.65]To ease the drought inside [00:56.72] [00:59.50]As memory fades [01:00.88] [01:01.90]Not much remains [01:03.78]But hands like rain [01:05.54] [01:09.33]Now I stand on stiff legs [01:11.04] [01:11.78]And I clutch the cane [01:13.18] [01:14.23]And I search the sky for a sign of rain [01:17.18] [01:17.70]As if it matters [01:19.25] [01:20.35]As if it makes a damn [01:22.21] [01:24.52]Just an old man's habit [01:26.11] [01:29.12]Down the street [01:30.13] [01:31.35]The schoolboys play [01:32.84] [01:33.86]Dime novel heroes from another day [01:36.48] [01:38.42]Who now are nothing more than faceless names [01:42.02] [01:43.39]And a nameless face with hands like rain [01:46.82] [01:47.82]Hands like rain [01:49.13] [01:50.35]Falling soft [01:51.76] [01:53.21]To ease the drought inside [01:55.32] [01:58.15]As memory fades [01:59.38] [02:00.47]Not much remains [02:02.24]But hands like rain [02:03.87] [02:07.62]We'd run by night [02:08.82] [02:10.07]And we'd hide by day [02:11.50] [02:13.44]So the papers used to say [02:15.61] [02:17.30]On stolen horses and borrowed time [02:21.23] [02:22.32]Dancing girls and brandy wine [02:25.02] [02:26.49]I can hear them calling [02:28.18] [02:31.24]They're calling me [02:33.04] [02:35.97]I can here them calling [02:38.28]But I still can't see [02:40.16] [02:42.85]Now can't see [02:43.87] [02:45.99]Hands like rain [02:47.36] [02:48.48]Falling soft [02:49.85] [02:51.37]To ease the drought inside [02:53.44] [02:56.07]As memory fades [02:57.49] [02:58.43]Not much remains [03:00.22]But hands like rain [03:01.88] [03:10.77]Life and legend are an awkward pair [03:14.39] [03:16.02]And there ain't much magic anywhere [03:18.18] [03:20.62]Except in moments we can't often steal [03:24.05] [03:25.26]Hands like rain on August fields [03:28.77] [03:29.68]Hands like rain [03:31.08] [03:32.18]Falling soft [03:33.70] [03:35.03]To ease the drought inside [03:37.31] [03:39.83]As memory fades [03:41.16] [03:42.22]Not much remains [03:44.05]But hands like rain [03:45.61] [03:49.20]Hands like rain [03:50.56] [03:51.59]Falling soft [03:53.03] [03:54.38]To ease the drought inside [03:56.60] [03:59.08]As memory fades [04:00.58] [04:01.59]Not much remains [04:03.29]But hands like rain