Flipped into the windnLike the ashes of her cigarettenHe got scattered thrown on the breezenAs he tried to forgetnHe lost all his heatnAnd his heart never will be the samenHe got lighter than airnBut he'll only come down in the rainnStrung out and hung out to drynLaughin' under the linenIt's not such a dignified placenBut he really don't mindnHe says with his feet on the groundnHe'd have nothin' to saynClaims he likes it up therenAnd he'll only come down in the rainnnComin' down in the rainnWashin' outta the skynLoaded down with the painnThere just ain't no way to flynnYou can read him as clearnAs the wall where he once wrote his namenIt was right next to hersnBut it'll only come down in the rainnnBurnin' himself out on a limbnLike a leaf in the fallnHe blazed for awhilenNow he's feelin' all dried up and smallnThe colors all gonenDisappeared, near as quick as it camenHe says he can't stay upnBut, he'll only come down in the rainnnComin' down in the rainnWashin' outta the skynLoaded down with the painnThere just ain't no way to flynnYou can read him as clear as the wallnWhere he once wrote his namenIt was right next to hersnBut he'll only come down in the rain