It soon appears Long rented shores Too big to name And second to none Save horses' hair In pockets deep Remember skies Second to none Black rain Black rain will come Black rain Black rain will come Word to the wise Don't you sit on this fence Electric and live With evangelistic zeal Spin doctors gave you All those remedies to choose So you'd be the weathervane For clouds that never move Black rain Black rain will come Black rain Black rain will come To break it down gently To wash it down slow Goin' straight to the bottom With a mind . . . . of it's own Black rain, Black rain, Black rain will come X3 Black rain will come