It Can T Rain All The Time

I left my shoes beside the door,
My jacket on the chair
I told myself
I needed rest, but
I was hiding there
It can't rain all the time…
I don't need my old life back
I just want to feel this one again—
It can't rain all the time
A neighbour called across the road.
This time
I stopped to talk
He didn't need to know it all;
We took the longer walk
Back home, I took my old guitar
And played a chord
I knew
I let it ring into the room,
Then sang a line or two
It can't rain all the time…
I don't need my old life back
I just want to feel this one again—
It can't rain all the time
Without the bitter,
The sweet is not as sweet
I never asked for all that hurt—
But it won't have all of me
It can't
Rain all the time…
I don't need my old life back
I can feel this one again—
It can't rain all the time
It can't rain all the time…
Let the morning take its time
There's a little more
I want to do—
And this life is still mine
If yuh call tomorrow
I'll meet yuh down the road.
It can't rain…
All the time