The rain it started tappin'    On the window near my bed   There was a loophole in my dreamin'   So I got out of it   And to my surprise my eyes were wide and already open   Just my nightstand and my dresser   Where those nightmares had just been      So I dressed myself and left then    Out into the gray streets   But everything seemed different   And completely new to me   The sky the trees, houses, buildings, even my own body   And each person I encountered    I couldn't wait to meet      And I came upon a doctor   Who appeared in quite poor health   I said there's nothing that I can do for you you can't do for yourself   He said oh yes you can, just hold my hand, I think that that would help   So I sat with him awhile   Then I asked him how he felt      He said I think I'm cured   No, in fact, I'm sure of it   Thank you, stranger    For your therapeutic smile      So that's how I learned the lesson   That everyone's alone   And your eyes must do some raining   If you're ever gonna grow   And when crying don't help    You can't compose yourself   It's best to compose a poem   An honest verse of longing   Or a simple song of hope      That's why I'm singing baby don't worry    'Cause now I got you back   And every time you feel like crying   I'm gonna try and make you laugh   And if I can't    If it just hurts too bad   Then we'll wait for it to pass   And I will keep you company for those days so long and black      And we'll keep working on the problem   We know we'll never solve   Of love's uneven remainders   Our lives are fractions of a whole   But if the world could remain within a frame   Like a painting on a wall   Then I think we'd see the beauty then   We'd stand staring in awe      At our still lives posed    Like a bowl of oranges   Like a story told   By the fault-lines and the soil