Lyrics:

(Bob Lucas) When I was a child I used to love to watch the rain I'd stand under the downspout Let the water cool my brain I never thought to worry If the river rose too high That all the seeds we planted Would get washed out with the tide But now I am a man And I need a place to hide [Chorus:] But there's nowhere to run And there's no place to hide Where the water runs free And the mud starts to slide When I was a young man I could work through wind and rain I never thought to worry Had no reason to complain I thought that I was standing On a rock so firm and strong But it was easy then to see Just what was right And what was wrong But now I am a man I won't be hanging round too long When I was a child I used to love to watch the rain I'd stand under the downspout Let the water cool my brain I never thought to worry If the river rose too high And all the dreams we planted Would get washed out with the tide [Chorus] Where the water runs free And the mud starts to slide