After The Rain

Oh, if I had my way I would never go back
With my back to the wall, I just let myself fall
Watch the daytimes turn black
But now and again I find you cross my mind

Oh, if I was a train I would never slow down
My head in the sky and world goin' by every nowhere town
As I write one more letter to you
No, I can't change the things I do, ohhhh

One day when you discover just why I ran
Ran away from you, lover
Well I know i'm to blame
I feel so ashamed
Called out your name
Ohhhh, after the rain

Well, what do you want me to do?
I've thrown away everything for you
Well, I've wasted my dreams
Each day it seems
Losing my way back to you

It's time for a change
What else could i do?
With the clock ticking time
Better make up my mind
Is it me or is it you?
Yeah tonight as i'm losing control
I will drink to the queen of my soul

One day when it is discovered just why i ran, ran away
Ran away from you, lover
I know i'm to blame
I feel so ashamed
Called out your name
Ohhhh, after the rain...

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Hey, it’s me what a big surprise,  

callin’ you up from a restaurant ‘round the bend 

Just got in from way up north, I’m achin’, tired  

and I could use a friend 

Might be a fool to think that you do, wanna’ see me again  

It’s been awhile since I talked to you,  

nothin’ wrong just nothin’ ever goes as planned 

Many times I thought I’d call,  

didn’t have your number in my hand 

I know it’s true, you’d never do the same thing to me  

Chorus: 

I never meant to make you cry, 

And I know I shouldn’t call 

It just reminds us of the cost, of everything we lost 

Bad Timing that’s all  

And maybe soon there’ll come a day,  

when no more tears will fall 

We’ll each forgive a little bit, 

we’ll both look back on it 

Just bad timing that’s all  

Used to have so many plans,  

somethin’ always seemed to turn out wrong 

Never could catch up to you, 

movin’ on and doin’ all you’ve done 

I don’t know why, the harder I try, the harder it comes  

Chorus

Verse: C, G, C, G, Bm, C, D 

Chorus: D (quiet), G, C, D, G, G, C, D, G 

Home

How many times have you opened up this skull
With your delicate stone
And laughed while my blood splashes
Down to the ground

She drinks me up like a parched old bone
I curse you for the pain
And thank you for making me whole again

I am hopelessly
Shamelessly
Anointed with you
There's no escaping
Your beautiful blue

The wind blows hot on my flesh
Scented with jasmine and roses
Ringing with bells
And the flutter of a hummingbird

You go to speak
But the wind blows away your words
And from your sweet mouth
So many beautiful colours swirl

I am hopelessly
Shamelessly
Anointed with you
There's no escaping
Your beautiful blue

Into your blood stained hands
A white eagle feather descends
And all creation sings
And I am remembering

I am hopelessly
Shamelessly
Anointed with you
There's no escaping
Your beautiful blue

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Tell me one more time again Just like I didn't hear you 

Like I don't know what's going through your mind, I do 

I play the same game too 

You know it's hard to stop Even when you want to  

Now the moon lights up your face And I can see you're crying 

You never liked me to see you cry, it's true

I've done some crying too 

You know the hardest part about it Is trying to hide it from you  

It would be great to be so strong 

Never needing anybody else to get along 

But we're so scared of the silence and the tricks that we use 

Oh We're careful and we're cunning, but we're easily bruised 

I don't want to lie about it I'm not bulletproof  

Well I finally found a way To hide from all your glances 

Til the waiting game we play is through 

I can, but what's the use 

When all I really want to do is hide out with you  

It would be great to be so strong 

Never needed anybody's help to get along 

We're so scared of the silence and the language that we use 

Oh we're careful and we're cunning, but we're easily bruised 

I don't want to kid about it I'm not bulletproof  

Tell me one more time again 

Well I guess I didn't hear you 

And I don't know all the secrets that you keep inside 

I tried the same thing too 

But they all come pouring out of me when I'm talking to you  

Well it would be great to be so strong 

Never needing anybody else's help to carry on 

But I'm not waking up each morning with forgiveness I can use 

Oh I'm careless, and I'm cruel, but I'm still easily bruised  

I'm so tired of lying about it I'm not bulletproof 

Oh and I'm not going to lie about it I’m not bulletproof  

Intro: G, G/F# Bass, G, G/F# Bass 

Verse: G, G/F# Bass, Am, Cm, G step Em, C, D (x2) 

Chorus: Em, Bm, G, Em, C, D, G, Em, C, D, G    

Home

So you saw that fire in the sky 

Well I think that's so cool
And I know that nothing'll change you 

You are nobody's fool 

CHORUS

Cynthia won't you take me to 

Pyramid Lake with you 

We could watch the space ships, 

maybe they'll take us on a trip 

To that never ending sky, 

to that wild and endless night. 

And you stood in their beam of light 

And they showed you the bones on the moon
Well I hope I get to go there With you real soon

CHORUS

And we get there before the sun sets 

And we put up your tent 

Watch the stars dance all night 

And watch the sun come up 

(watch that sun coming up) 

CHORUS

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I met this girl  She was walking through one of my dreams 

She kissed my eyes And everything that she said 

Made so much sense to me That I still feel like I'm half asleep  

My dark angel She gave me diamonds for eyes 

She walked by Now I'm hypnotized 

By this dream That just won't stop 

And I feel Like I've always been lost in this dream 

The rumours of heaven Only speak the truth on earth 

My dark angel Shine your light on my curse 

You are the other that I have to find Until I do     

I guess I'll see you 'round my mind  

So Colorado Is a place I have to go 

I heard a rumour She loves the mountains and the snow 

My dark angel She gave me diamonds for eyes 

My dark angel I offer you my heart 

My dark angel I think I loved you from the start  

'Cause there's this face that I know That I've never seen 

Sometimes I feel I'm livin' in  Someone else's dream 

Still I thank you  For stopping to talk And I wonder  

Just into who's dream did who walk  

Oh my dark angel Shine your light on me 

Shine your light Shine your light on me 

On me  On me Oooh oooh   

Capo 2 for singing - G, C, G, C, G . . . Bm, C, Bm, C, G, D 

Home

You always said that I get it too late

or not at all, So why should it seem so strange 

that I would sing you a love song

Now that I feel like, I’m gonna fa – all (D)

CHORUS:

You close your eyes and made a wish

then you laughed and looked at me and said,

“What are you still doin’ here?”

That was before I learned how, to disappear, ear, ear.

Disappeeeee – ear

It was a strange day, we went down to the sea 

to watch the waves And, of course, it had to rain, 

but still you danced in and out along the waves, 

and in your hand, you held a Sand Dollar

CHORUS

There is a place, within my heart 

that is yours And I’ll always respect, 

‘cause sometimes I . . . Lose sight of the miracles 

and find myself, goin’ round and round in circles

CHORUS

Verse: Em, D, C, G (step down to Em)

Chorus: G, D, Em, C (4 times)

Home

Everyone tells me I'm lucky
Got my whole life to live yet
I can't say they're wrong
But the days seem so long
Living inside of my head

Maybe I'll get some relief now
Now that your things are all gone
I won't sit here staring
At nothing all night
Bleary-eyed greeting the dawn

CHORUS
All right I miss you tonight
And I'm not really sure what to say
It keeps rolling in like a slow moving train
It gets harder and harder each day

Each time I think that the worst of it's through
I am stopped in my tracks by some vision of you
All right I miss you tonight
I admit that I'm falling down blue

She lived outside of the city
On days when I'd visit her there
I'd watch her out dancing
All lit by the moon
The cold winds of time in her hair

Then we'd go driving for hours
Turn off the lights and just glide
Moving like spirits
Along through the night
The light through the trees as our guide

CHORUS

Home

You say that you're leaving Well that comes as no surprise 

Still, I kind of like this feeling Of being left behind  

This ain't nothing new to me Well it's just like going home 

It's kind of like those sunsets That leave you feeling so stoned  

Hey, hey, I guess it hasn't hit me yet 

I fell through this crack and I kind of lost my head 

I stand transfixed before this streetlight 

Watching the snow fall on this cold December night  

Never thought this could happen But somehow the feeling is gone 

You got sick of the patterns And I got lost in this song  

Hey, hey, I guess it hasn't hit me yet 

I fell through this crack and I kind of lost my head 

I stand transfixed before this streetlight 

Watching the snow fall on this cold December night

And out in the middle of Lake Ontario 

The same snow is falling 

On the deep silent water 

The great dark wonder 

Into the waves of my heart Into the waves of my heart … 

Of my heart 

Opening: D, Em, C (x2) 

Verse: G, D, Em, C . . . G, D, Em, C, G, A 

Chorus: Em, G, D, A (x4) 

Home

Strange and beautiful are the stars tonight

That dance around your head

In your eyes I see that perfect world

I hope that doesn't sound too weird

And I want all the world to know

That your love's all I need all that I need

and if we're lost, then we are lost together

yea if we're lost, then we are lost together

I stand before this faceless crowd 

and wonder why i bother

so much controlled by so few, 

stumbling from one disaster to another

I've heard it all so many times before

it's all a dream to me now, a dream to me now

and if we're lost, then we are lost together

yea if we're lost, then we are lost together

In the silence of this whispered night 

I listen only to your breath

and in that second of a shooting star 

somehow it all makes sense

And I want all the world to know 

That your love's all I need all that I need

and if we're lost, then we are lost together

yea if we're lost, then we are lost together

(Big Finish) yea if we’re lost, then we are lost together,

Together, togetheeer . . .

Verse: G, D, Em, D, G, D, Em (x2)

Pre-Chorus: C, D, G, C (ring), D, Em, D

Chorus: G, D, Em, C, D

Home

We met in Montreal far from the crime
moving in circles running with so little time.
Sat and we talked about rumours and lies,
stayed till the sun hit the floor.
 

You wore the dress from the old market stall

People and places you said 

you were forgetting them all

I don’t know if I believe you or not

As I stared at you outside your door

CHORUS:
Those were the times that was our life,
I probably wouldn't change one little thing if I tried.
Moments together mapped out like the stars in the sky.
Now you're into things that I do,

still I miss talking to you.

Late in your bed you said don't you be sad
think of how lucky we are 

for the things that we've had.
Life that's around me I'm letting it go
but you stay up here in my head

CHORUS

Verse: G/D C/D A/D C/D G/D C/D A/D

Chorus: C/D G/D C/D A/D C/D A/D G/D C/D A/D G/D 

Home

Last Friday they had a masquerade Everyone was there 

All decked out in stars and silver Moonlight in their hair  

Darkness fell down around us We were lost in the mystery 

Left our clothes by the side of the road And jumped into the sea  

Wash me down Wash me down 

Take me away from the beating drums 

Let the great world go by  

Wash me down Wash me down 

And when you go I will never forget  

I heard a rumour 'bout a miracle In a town by the Buffalo Leap 

People came from miles around To watch the statue weep  

They filled the square with their caravans Cameras lit up the trees 

Every time a light went off They fell down to their knees  

Wash me down Wash me down 

Take me away from the beating drums 

Let the great world go by  

Wash me down Wash me down 

And when you go I will never forget  

I swear I've seen your face before Somewhere when I was young 

You make me feel the miles I've walked The things I've left undone  

Come here and lay beside me   One more hour, that's all 

When you leave I'll close the door Maybe then I'll fall  

Wash me down Wash me down 

Take me away from the burning sun 

Let the great world go by  

Wash me down Wash me down 

And when you go I will never forget 

And when you go I will never forget  

D, G, D, A, G, D (x2), G, D, Bm, F#m, G, A, G, D, A, D 

Capo 7: Transpose to G 

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