After the Rain - Janis Ian

I hear the sirens calling.

It’s Saturday night again

Outside the stars are falling

Smells like rain on the edge of lightening

Distant thunder — I remember…

Far from these city streets, my heart beats a distant memory

Of children in the silos

Ribboned highways where the corn grows

Skyscraper high, I close my eyes

And time stands still

It’s the magic of the heart

Tonight you will be lying in my arms

The memory is always the same

After the rain, after the rain

After the rain

Sometimes the walls are papered

With the sound of neighbor’s loving in the night

And I feel the heat rising from the street

Years go by here inside

Rain blows against the window

Echoes through this empty room of mine

A picture on the dresser smiles at me as I read your letters

Line by line, I close my eyes

And time stands still

It’s the magic of the heart

Tonight you will be lying in my arms

The memory is always the same

After the rain, after the rain

After the rain

It’s a restless moon traveling through the clouds

And it shines on me, like it shines on you

And for a while, we cross the miles

And time stands still

It’s the magic of the heart

Tonight you will be lying in my arms

The memory is always the same

After the rain, after the rain

After the rain