More songs by Billy Joel
Description
Guitar: Al Hertzberg
Lyricist, Piano, Associated Performer, Composer: Billy Joel
Bass: Larry "La Rue" Russell
Drums: Rhys Clark
Producer: Dennis Wilen
Engineer: Brian Ruggles
Mixing Engineer: Frank Filipetti
Mastering Engineer: Ted Jensen
Lyrics and translation
Original
Once upon a time in the land of misty satin dreams, there stood a house and a man who painted nature scenes. He painted trees and fields and animals and streams.
And he stayed, and he didn't hear the falling of the rain. Ah, ah.
He didn't hear the falling of the rain.
In the forest green lived a girl who put her hair in braids.
And she sang as she walked all about the wooded glades.
She was glad when the rain came falling on her face. And she sang, for she did not mind the falling of the rain.
Mm, mm. She didn't mind the falling of the rain.
Will it always be the same as we recall?
Does it touch you when the rain begins to fall?
Ah, but I don't wanna know and I don't wanna see another rainy day without you lying next to me. Oh.
High upon a hill, far away from all the dusty crowd, is a boy with his eyes on the ground, his head is bowed.
He is a fool and his mind is filled with hopeless dreams. And he waits, but he will not see the falling of the rain.
Mm, mm. He will not see the falling of the rain.
Will it always be the same as we recall?
Does it touch you when the rain begins to fall?
Ah, but I don't wanna know and I don't wanna see another rainy day without you lying next to me. Oh.
So now the boy becomes the man who sits and paints all day.
But the girl with the braids in her hair has gone away.
And it seems that time has brought things to an end. Nothing's changed 'cause you can't stop the falling of the rain. Ah, ah.
No, you can't stop the falling of the rain.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
Oh.