When It Rains

INTRO | | verse 1 When it rains, the streets of Chicago shine like jewels, though it's just broken glass When the sun shines, dirty pigeons coo like doves in the dy - ing trees INTERLUDE 1 | | And the drunks going through the gar - bage in the al - ley behind my house smile up at the falling buil - dings, so bittersweet like crying clowns INTERLUDE 2 | | verse 2 And through the cars, boun - cing over puddles Children weave on sto - len bikes The vacant lots are full of old men sear - ching for nine - teen twenty-five INTERLUDE 3 | | And in the parks, lonely wo - men tossing bread to the rabid dogs smile up at the passing air - planes as if the sky were full of snow-white swans INTERLUDE 4 | And the drunks going through the gar - bage in the al - ley behind my house smile up at the falling buil - dings, so bittersweet like crying clowns OUTRO | | |