[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