Lyrics

?Hailing Taxis in the Rain?
Words and music © 2000 Henry E. Harris III


Shadows creep across the wall
As the day fades into dusk
I hear laughter floating down the hall
And my ambitions turn to rust
Push back, put away? the dealings of the day
I am lulled unconscious by the patterns of the rain
Sometimes life seems so cold and brutal
I can?t seem to outrun the pain
Sometimes life seems so ? so futile
Like lighting matches in the rain

Chorus:
All you left me was the blues
And I don?t have that much to lose
I keep calling out your name
But it?s useless ? like hailing taxis in the rain.

Streetlight silhouetted, raindrops gently tapping
As the day loses its glow?
Somewhere deep in my thoughts you are laughing
And that?s the sweetest sound I know

Chorus:
All you left me was the blues
And I don?t have that much to lose
I keep screaming out your name
But it?s useless ? like lighting matches in the rain

Solo:

Bridge:
While you?re gone, your memory gently lingers
Like the fringes of a dream
And this bed is full of splinters
Shattered pieces of you and me


Chorus:
All you left me was the blues
And I don?t have that much to lose
I keep screaming out your name
But it?s useless ? like hailing taxis in the rain