Lyrics Jim White – Sleepy–Town

I whisper beautiful secrets into
The drainpipes at night
For the old folks while they’re sleeping
Something to help them with their dreams

And then a rainy-rainy-rain falls down
A cool rainy-rain upon my head
It makes the river overflow it’s banks
And wash my cares away to Sleepy-town

I pour whiskey in the honeycomb
It makes the bees all turn to angels
I watch ’em fly off into heaven
Disappear where I can’t follow
And I would write Jesus a letter
But I hear that he don’t speak English…
So instead I’ll just throw these cobblestones Until I ring that old church bell

Until the rainy-rainy-rain fall down
Cool rainy-rain upon my head
It makes the river overflow it’s banks
And wash my cares away to Sleepy-town

In Sleepy-town, you let the wild wind blow away your name
In Sleepy town, you let the healing rain just wash your pain away

I see a light on in the station
Yeah someone is waiting for a train
And I envy them their leaving
As I turn to head back home again
For soon the morning sun will rise

From all that rainy-rainy-rain fall down
The cool rainy-rain upon my head
Make the river overflow it’s banks
And wash my cares away to Sleepy-town