Curious album
King Of The Rain (McDonnell)
Back then, when you said it
With big words and peculiar charm
We all heard what we wanted
'Cause it's cold outside
But you gave a child your switchblade
And you lied about your age
Crowskin
...the king of the rain
Woven into the barbed wire
Honeysuckle down by the railway tracks
A soul full of dry sawdust
Eyes like a truck tyre blaze
There's strange aims in your strategies
Charley always said there was
Smoke in your bones
King of the rain
I want more. A great passion
The arms of the saints around me now
'Cause we all stand alone
The good wine A paid ticket
To the promised land
All the love I can hire
All of the time I desire
But it's getting late
Big Dutch has to pump diesel
I heard Ruby is a waitress now
They lost faith and all of their money
Tried to start again
No-one wins forever
Not in your philosophy
You're a hollow man
King of the rain
I've been to lonely street
There isn't a single damn hotel
And no cure for what we got
Some play the straight flushes
Some play the bluff
I got lost in the shuffle
Stumbling back from the city of light
Out there tonight
PERSONNEL
Phil McDonnell – Vocals, Piano, Keyboards, Bass,
Drum programming
Tim Palmer - Guitars, Drum programming
Dan Maitland: Saxophones