Flipped into the wind   Like the ashes of her cigarette   He got scattered thrown on the breeze   As he tried to forget   He lost all his heat   And his heart never will be the same   He got lighter than air   But he'll only come down in the rain      Strung out and hung out to dry   Laughin' under the line   It's not such a dignified place   But he really don't mind   He says with his feet on the ground   He'd have nothin' to say   Claims he likes it up there   And he'll only come down in the rain      (chorus)       Comin' down in the rain    Washin' outta the sky    Loaded down with the pain    There just ain't no way to fly    You can read him as clear    As the wall where he once wrote his name    It was right next to hers    But it'll only come down in the rain       Burnin' himself out on a limb   Like a leaf in the fall   He blazed for awhile   Now he's feelin' all dried up and small   The colours all gone   Disappeared, near as quick as it came   He says he can't stay up   But, he'll only come down in the rain      (repeat chorus)      You can read him as clear as the wall   Where he once wrote his name   It was right next to hers   But he'll only come down in the rain