buddy mondlock
This jewel was first captured and recorded by the norwegian duo "Eriksen" in 1992 for their first album "Two Blue", and then made famous by Nancy Griffith the following year. Mondlock himself waited until '98, when it appeared on "Poetic Justice".
flipped into the wind like the ashes of her cigarette
he got scattered and thrown to the breeze as he tried to forget
he lost all his heat and his heart never will be the same
he got lighter than air but he'll only come down in the rain
strung out and hung out to dry laughing under the line
not really a dignified place but he just doesn't mind
he says with his feet on the ground he'll got nothing to gain
claims he likes it up there and will only come down in the rain
burning himself out on a limb like a leaf in the fall
he blazed for a while • now he's feeling just dried up and small
the colors all gone • disappeared near as quick as they came
he cannot stay up and will only come down in the rain
comin' down in the rain washing out of the sky
loaded down with the pain there ain't no way to fly
you can read him as clear as the wall where he once wrote his name
it was right next to hers but will only come down in the rain
you can read him as clear as the wall where he once wrote his name
it was all in his heart but he'll only come down in the rain
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Chords in brackets may be omitted.
G G7 C ... Am flipped into the wind like the ashes of her cigarette D D7 G ...D7 he got scattered and thrown to the breeze as he tried to forget G G7 C ... Am he lost all his heat and his heart never will be the same D D7 G he got lighter than air but he'll only come down in the rain G Em C ...Am comin' down in the rain washing out of the sky C D D7 G ...D7 loaded down with the pain there ain't no way to fly G G7 C ...Am you can read him as clear as the wall where he once wrote his name D D7 G it was right next to hers but will only come down in the rain
