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Grant Mbeki

Stay in the rain

Plays a horn that belonged to a man he never met and feels responsible for it

the numbers

bpm
123
key
G minor
energy
0.74
dance
0.96
valence
0.46
vocal at
4.4s
length
4:33
language
En

lyrics

You stood by the gate in the rain

Your shoes made a print in the drain

I said, come inside, dry your coat

You shook your head, then bit your throat

The taxi lights washed over your face

Table Mountain watched from the place

You kept your hands deep in your sleeves

Like you were guarding all your leaves

And the water ran off the zinc

Down past the bucket and the sink

You said, not yet, let it fall

I heard your voice against the wall

Stay in the rain

Stay in the rain

Stay in the rain

Stay in the rain

Let it wash your name

Let it wash your name

Stay in the rain

Stay in the rain

At half past six, the kettle sang

Your wet black hair on your collar hung

I moved the chair near the open door

You looked past me to the floor

The beads on your sleeves hit the tiles

Each one small as a row of smiles

You said first steps feel too hard

So you wait outside in the yard

Stay in the rain

Stay in the rain

Stay in the rain

Stay in the rain

Let it wash your name

Let it wash your name

Stay in the rain

Stay in the rain

Now the pines bend low by the wall

And the Durban Road cars crawl

If your heart needs one more night

I’ll leave the porch lamp low and white

Stay in the rain

Stay in the rain

Stay in the rain

Stay in the rain

Let it wash your name

Let it wash your name

Stay in the rain

Stay in the rain