Beads of Sweat

                                  Cold jade wind

Not an angel in the sky

Just cold jade restless wind

Something's coming along

To devastate my soul.



I pricked my fingers

On the thorns

And this rain is a-raining hard

This sky's gonna beckon Mariah

To match my soul

Rain in the river

Rain in the river

Rain on the river banks

Down my neck

Beads of sweat.



Rain on the highway

Running clear across New York

A windsong through the barren trees

Wild lavender heather

By the railroad sways

Listen to the wailing

Of the rain in the river

Rain on the river banks.



Roll, roll

River, rock his soul

She's calling you

Rainclouds, rainclouds

Down his neck

Down his neck

Down his neck

Beads of, beads of, beads of

Beadso of sweat.



Five boys standing

On the baks of thr river

Waiting for the virgin snow

Searching for a miracle

A pearl in an oyster

And we all looked out to God

Although He is the colour of the wind

Listen to the wailing

Of the rain in the river

Rain on the river banks.