Fresh blades slid quick along the vein

And the rain came tumbling down

See, she'd been jealous all along

Loving only him who put his arms around



Whispring everythings sweetly in her ear

Cat-o'-nine-tails cracking at her heel

How she danced and threw him in a whirl

When the rain came tumbling down.



Hear how the people congregate

It's an aimless, gay, absurd sound

The shove-and-bustle of the crowd

All the push-and-pulling interplay around



Here's a man who holding with a smile

Something that he'd wanted for a while

Clasping tight, to lose it in a day

And the rain came tumbling down.



Fresh blades slid quick along the vein

With a sweet, sweet secret he'd found:

How things will ever lead along

To the moment when he put his arms around



Whispring other things in another's ear

Wrapped up tightly, locking at the heel

He'll have this forever and a day

And the rain came tumbling down.