Denver   Chicago      It's such a long long train ride   It's such a long lonely ride back home      Now I know   Only I can stop the rain   Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh   Now I know   Only I can stop the rain      It's not that we gotta do what we do   It's what we know   So to me it ain't nothing but being true   But..      Now I know   Only I can stop the rain      It doesn't have to be the way it is   You say it is   Just because for the past 20 years   Everyday it is (WhAt?)      Now I know   Only I can stop the rain      I won't even be able to walk out my front door   Without worrying about coming to conflict with the law   Cuz      Now I know   Only I can stop the rain      If I follow him, they'll follow me   And I'll speak life into the words that you can see   Cuz      Now I know (c'mon)   Only I can stop the rain      We get away with it everyday shit   But everyday shit catches up with you   And when it does you can't say shit      Now I know   Only I can stop the rain      If I don't, you will   What I won't, you still   What makes us feel like we gots to kill   When      Now I know   Only I can stop the rain      How many more lives must we lose   How many more times must we choose   To trust these fools      Now I know   Only I can stop the rain      If it ain't broke, don't fix it   I gave it to you straight, don't mix it   Twist it (what) up for some slick shit      Now I know   Only I can stop the rain      I don't have to talk to it anymore   I don't have to walk to it anymore   I'm out the door (what)      Now I know   Only I can stop the rain      I wanna find peace with the lord   I don't wanna find the peace with the sword   I can't afford to      Now I know   Only I can stop the rain      When everyday of my life   Is just a constant fight   Between wrong and right      Now I know   Only I can stop the rain      I thank you lord for my life   I thank you lord for keeping it loose when things got tight      Now I know   Only I can stop the rain      Only I can stop the rain   Only I can stop the pain      Now I know   Only I can stop the rain      Only I can stop the rain, stop the rain   yeah    Only I can stop the rain   Only I can stop the rain because the rain calls on me      Now I know   Only I can stop the rain      Only I can stop the rain