There's a holy cloud rolling through the city   Yeah, threatenin' to rain   Said I've come to rest the iron   Of your locomotive train      The rails you're riding on, my friend   Will take you nowhere fast   And when you arrive at nowhere   With your future turned to past      You'll realize, the track must end   'Fore you reach the western shore   Then you'll wish the rails would stop you   You wish the rails would stop you there before      Waiting on rain   'Cause I've been down   Waiting on rain   Rain gonna come   Rain on me, now      They say that turnin' trains to rust   Is such an ugly thing to do   But I love myself no more than I love you      If you can take these iron wheels   And turn them into rust   You'll know the God who sent us   Is a God that you can trust      And you'll realize, the track extends   Beyond the western shore   And we'll ride the rails to freedom   Ride the rails to freedom through that storm      Waiting on rain   'Cause I've been down   Waiting on rain   Rain gonna come   Rain on me, now      Rain gonna come   Rain on me, now   It's gonna come   Rain on me, now