Stop the Rain

[Verse 1]
Oh it sure can rain
Down in New Orleans
Turn the city streets into raging streams
While the beer can boats
Sit in Jackson Square
I met a mystery woman with raven hair

[Chorus]
She cast a spell
Somehow I knew that to resist
Would be in vain
I might as well have tried to stop the rain

[Verse 2]
In a hotel room
Above the stage and street
Her dark skin soft on the tangled sheets
Oh the winter wind howls
As our souls entwine
Forbidden fruit makes the sweetest wine

[Chorus]
Time stood still
Passion would ignite a hurricane
Oh I might as well have tried to stop the rain

[Verse 3]
In a [?]
[?] New Orleans
[?]
In my dreams, in my dreams
Cause in the cold gray dawn of reality
[?]
I still hear my voice beggin' her to stay
I still taste the tears that I kissed away

[Chorus]
Then she was gone
I feel the footsteps echo in my brain
Oh I might as well have tried to stop the rain

[Tag]
Stop the rain, stop the rain
Stop the rain, stop the rain
Oh I might as well have tried to stop the rain
And it sure can rain down in New Orleans