Rain on Borrowed Cloth

Mmm... the river calls softly

When the light won't let you in

There was a mind that burned like lanterns

But hunger dims the brightest flame

He wore the rain on borrowed cloth, yeah

And swallowed gold that tasted like shame

The window glowed with warmth he couldn't enter

He stood outside and chose the storm instead

Oh, they pushed him toward the water

But he walked there on his own, that's what they said

Eh eh, oh the river takes what's given

Eh eh, when you trade your soul for living

Mmm, there was light at the window

But he turned away, turned away

Now the silence speaks his name

(That's right... mmm)

She had a smile soft as evening

Hands that held without a word

But he was drowning in the poison

Too broken to be heard, to be heard

Her love was patient as the moonlight

But shame don't let a man stand still

He let her slip like water through his fingers

Now regret is all that's real

Eh eh, oh the river takes what's given

Eh eh, when you trade your soul for living

Mmm, there was light at the window

But he turned away, turned away

Now the silence speaks his name

(Swing it... yeah)

(Spoken, over piano and soft drums)

The elders say:

"A man who refuses the lamp

Will stumble in his own shadow...

And the river... remembers every name."

Eh eh, oh the river takes what's given

Eh eh, when you trade your soul for living

Mmm, there was light at the window

But he turned away, turned away

Now the silence speaks his name

Oh, the silence speaks his name

(Piano alone)

Mmm... rain on borrowed cloth

The river remembers...