I hear the drizzle of the rain, like a memory it falls
Soft and warm continuing tapping on my roof and walls.
And from the shelter of my mind, through the window of my eyes
I gaze beyond the rain drenched streets to England where my heart lies.
My mind’s distracted and diffused, my thoughts are many miles away
They lie with you when you’re a-sleep and kiss you when you start your day.
And a song I was writing is left undone, I don’t know why I spend my time
Writing songs I can’t believe with words that tear and strain to rhyme.
And so you see I have come to doubt all that I once held as true
I stand alone without belief’s, the only truth I know is you.
And as I watch the drops of rain weave their weary paths and die
I know that I am like the rain there but for the grace of you go I.
1965 – Paul Simon – Performed by Simon and Garfunkle – Album: Sounds of Silence