[Verse 1]
Rain on the rail, freezing to die and I swear that I can’t go.
What did you find out on the line in the wind and the snow?
 
[Chorus 1]
Rain on the rail in a cloud before she left,
keeping the drugs you love
  while your lover’s bereft.
 
 
[Verse 2]
Rain on the rail, I can’t tell if it’s morning or if it’s night.
It’s all the same, taking the blame feels like nothing all the time.
 
[Chorus 2]
Rain on the rail, I just sit here and wait,
thinking just about bad blood.
Cold wind haunted all the treetops
and the leaves fall down, down, down
  into the mud.
 
 
[Verse 3]
Rain on the rail, I can’t tell what will come after this.
Keep on thinking I waited to try once I wasn’t such a mess.
 
[Chorus 3]
Cold wind, Black Mountain hollow,
I ain't never been out to the sea.
If you see poems all around you there write one for me.
Take you a picture of California and send it to me.