Track 2 of the album Vacancy Sign · 2011
Tin Roof Rain
“A storm took the power out in a room I was renting and I sat with the guitar until it passed. The band came in on the second take and stayed.”
folk rock · rainy-day folk rock · heartland · 5:07
Lyrics
Storm rolled in from the west at dark Rattled every window in the house Power flickered, then it quit Lit a candle, sat down on the couch Tin roof singing like a drum Every drop a word I never said Daddy's chair is by the stove Still holds the shape of his head Let it rain on the tin roof Let it wash the dust away Let it fill the empty cistern Let it drown the words I couldn't say Let it rain on the tin roof I am not afraid tonight The old house knows how to hold me Till the morning brings the light Creek is rising down the hill Cattle huddled by the fence I pulled his coat down off the hook It still smells like cedar and cigarettes I've been running from this farm For twenty years and a day Funny how a little thunder Makes a woman want to stay Let it rain on the tin roof Let it wash the dust away Let it fill the empty cistern Let it drown the words I couldn't say Let it rain on the tin roof I am not afraid tonight The old house knows how to hold me Till the morning brings the light Lightning shows me every field Every fence he ever made I could sell it all tomorrow Or I could learn to plant and wait Rain is easing to a hum Dawn is gray against the pane I put the kettle on the stove And I do not feel the same Let it rain on the tin roof Let it wash the dust away Let it fill the empty cistern Let it drown the words I couldn't say Let it rain on the tin roof I am not afraid tonight The old house knows how to hold me Till the morning brings the light Rain on the tin roof Rain on the tin roof