Standard (EADGBE)

Verse i

Shed no tears for me

 There'll be rain enough today

 I'm wishing you Godspeed as I wave you on your way

This won't be the first time I've stayed behind to face

 The bitter consequences of an ancient fall from grace

 I'm a daughter of the race of Cain

I am not stranger to the rain

Verse ii

Orphan in the storm

 That's a role I've played before

 And I've learned not to tremble

 When I hear the thunder roar

 I don't curse what I can't change

 I just play the hand I'm dealt

 And when they lighten up my rations

 I tighten up my belt

 I won't say I've never felt the pain

 But I am not a stranger to the rain

Bridge

 And for the boy who's given me the sweetest love I've known

 I wish for him another love so he won't be alone

But I am bound to walk among the wounded and the slain

And when the storm comes crashing on the plain

 I will dance before the lightning to music sacred and profane

Chorus

 Oh, shed no tears for me

 Light no candle for my sake

 This journey I'll be making now

 Is one we all must make

Shoulder to the wind

 I'll turn my face into the spray

 And when the heavens open

 Let the drops fall where they may

 If they finally wash away the stain

 From a daughter of the race of Cain

I am not a stranger to the rain

 Let it rain!