[Chorus]

Stay in the shadow of my hand

Comfortable friend

You're a tree-ripened girl

Still green

Seen on billboards

You're a baby

Not in age, but ideas

Toss and turn my friend to the end

Of the storm underneath your sleeping eyelids

[Verse 1]

You're the sun reflected in the sand of a far-away land

You're a circus performer magnificently

Twirling

The acrobat inside you is leisurely

Suspended using no net

Destiny is below with it's casual arithmetic waiting

[Refrain]

Little Ruby Rain your storm is just a game

And it's strange to be yesterday's thunder

[Verse 2]

When the vines of Times Square

Electrify your soft hair

And four white horses

With ruby red eyes

Pull your casket away

[Verse 3]

Only a thimble full of people

Will understand

And as the applause dies down

I'll remember you the way you are today

[Chorus]

Stay in the shadows of my hand, comfortable friend

You're a tree-ripened girl

Still green

Seen on billboards

You're a baby

Not in age, but ideas

Toss and turn my friend to the end

Of the storm underneath your sleeping eyelids

[Refrain]

Little Ruby Rain your storm is just a game

And it's strange to be yesterday's thunder