[Verse 1]
Out of the sandpit filled up with debris
Out where the dirt bikes had been
Out where the green grass did never care to be
Once a boy stood a-growing, his blonde hair blowing
His young days were flowing happily
[Verse 2]
Don't get much off time a-doing what I do
It's day in and out of the same song
Outrageous lanes and the arrows keep me blue
With the wolves all huffin', they don't care nothin'
They can't stop that puffing pushing through
[Bridge 1]
Philadelphia rain is falling down
It's falling on the leaves on the ground
Oh, it's as strong old history there
Past hangs a whispery town
[Verse 3]
I turn on some good news
The bad news shouldn't count
A boy's gotta have some fun
Out climbin' hard at them a-cliffs you can't surmount
Yes, you fall into hating, you can't stand the waiting
It's all frustration, you got to let it out
[Bridge 2]
Winds, time, days
Burn towards a bleak December
Past the fading embers of this sunshine livin'
[Verse 4]
Well, it sounds good to hear my sweetheart on the phone
That is to hear her laugh
I don't like to go, Lord and to leave her all alone
But that's my livin', it's the way of the given
And boys I'm a-driven pushing on
[Outro]
Philadelphia rain is falling down
Falling on a road that's leaving town
Ooh, and the cold chrome fenders while the toll booth tenders frown