There's a big storm a coming Of this I've no doubt That storm's gonna blow your little world inside out When the wild winds let up When the violence wanes You'll think of me then, when you're watching it rain It ain't the wind, it's the rain When the rain won't stop falling When the flood waters rise When all that you're sure of washes out with the tide You'll have no crazy lover there to make you look sane You'll think of me then, when you're knee deep in rain It ain't the wind, it's the rain When rain fills the river and dark waters spill Over the levee and rush down the hill They'll carry me with them I won't have to explain There'll be no confusion There'll only be rain I was born lonesome, and I'm lonesome still Ain't nothing you done ever changed how I feel When the storm clouds are building, when the deluge takes aim I know what's coming, I know the rain I see what's coming, I know the rain It ain't the wind, it's the rain It ain't the wind, it's the rain It ain't the wind, it's the rain