Up Against The Rain Lyrics - The Loving Kind - Nanci Griffith

You ran up against the rain everyday of your short life 

Suffered for your muse without complaining 

Never heard you swear life isn't fair but it doesn't make it right 

You left the world knowing all too well what pain is 

You took it on yourself to pave the road to hell 

Paid your dues and sang the blues, Lord, you knew them all too well 

Every word upon the page, you let them sail away 

The wind would blow and then you'd go up against the rain 

You listened to the songs and then you wrote your own 

Somewhere along the way you passed the muse along 

I feel your presence in this room beneath the waning moon 

It's good to know that dying couldn't tame you 

You took it on yourself to pave the road to hell 

Paid your dues and sang the blues, Lord, you knew them all too well 

Every word upon the page, you let them sail away 

The wind would blow and then you'd go up against the rain 

Last night the weather turned, this morning we had snow 

Today they'll lay you in the ground 

Someday we'll all know where it is we go 

My tears will say goodbye while the rain is coming down 

You took it on yourself to pave the road to hell 

Paid your dues and sang the blues, Lord, you knew them all too well 

Every word upon the page, you let them sail away 

The wind would blow and then you'd go up against the rain 

The wind would blow and then you'd go up against the rain