Track 5 of the album Rooftop Sunrise with the Whole Wide Band · 2024
Slow Rain on a Tin Motel Roof
“A heater humming in room nine, the van out in the lot, the show done. This is the quiet we needed after the storm.”
folk rock · hushed folk · dream ballad · 4:11
Lyrics
Room nine at the motel, the heater's got a hum The van's out in the parking lot, the show's been done Four of us in blankets with the lamplight turned down low Listening to the rain on the roof, saying nothing, letting go No one needs to talk tonight Let the rain write it right Slow rain, slow rain, on a tin roof tonight Slow rain, slow rain, and the neon's burning low We've got nowhere to be till the morning light Slow rain on a tin motel roof, let it fall slow The drummer's on the carpet with his head against the wall The bassist's humming something that he'll never play at all I trace a line of water down the window's cloudy glass And think of all the roads behind and let the moment pass No one needs to talk tonight Let the rain write it right Slow rain, slow rain, on a tin roof tonight Slow rain, slow rain, and the neon's burning low We've got nowhere to be till the morning light Slow rain on a tin motel roof, let it fall slow Somewhere there's a highway and a hundred miles to make Somewhere there's a promise that we'll have to keep awake But right now there's a pillow and a sound like gentle drums And the quiet sound of someone else's lullaby that hums Slow rain, slow rain, on a tin roof tonight Slow rain, slow rain, and the neon's burning low We've got nowhere to be till the morning light Slow rain on a tin motel roof, let it fall slow Let it fall slow Let it fall slow