Harlem Rain

The old man down on the corner

Is drowning in his pain

I can see the sorrow in his eyes

His tears, they leave a stain

The streets have left him broken

He's in the final phase

It's been a long hard road

From his glory days

There's a tattoo of his sweetheart

Fading on his arm

He talks of painful tragedy

How he lost his lucky charm

His memory is clouded

From the thunder in his vein

He's vanishing, vanishing gone

In the Harlem rain

Harlem rain coming down

Another shattered soul

In the lost and found

One more night on the street of pain

Getting washed away by the Harlem rain

On desperation avenue

The devil takes his tall

Where the pushers and the poverty

Slowly claim your soul

When you reached the realization

That you just can't break the chain

No, you're vanishing, vanishing gone

In the Harlem rain

Harlem rain coming down

Another shattered soul

In the lost and found

One more night on the street of pain

Getting washed away by the Harlem rain

(Harlem rain)

In your search for tender mercy

No one seemed to care

The faith that used to be your crutch

Is now your cross to bear

You lost yourself so long ago

You don't know who to blame

You're vanishing, vanishing gone

Vanishing, vanishing gone

Vanishing, vanishing gone

In the Harlem rain