Sometimes I recall nothing at all

but the patter pelt sounds of rain coming down

on the windows outside of my parents' house

when I was a boy in a rainy port town 



And you know that it's true 

when I was walking from school in the rain 

and I was maybe 7 or 8

I splashed in the puddles and played with wet dogs

chased ducks, hide and seek in the fog 



And I know those days are gone 



And you know that my mom

she said take off your shoes at the door

you'll have wet dogs and puddles no more

you'll bathe and put on a clean change of clothes

I'm sure that you'll catch your death of cold 



but then I didn't die 



so it came to be 

that I was supposed to keep my feet clean 

and dry when rainy days coming were seen

mom said you'll walk straight to school and then

you'll walk straight home after again 



but some things you can't deny 



so even today

when I'm walking around in the rain

and I've got somewhere warm to stay

I'll splash in the puddles and play with wet dogs

chase ducks play hide and seek in the fog 



and those days will never die