There's a holy cloud
Rolling through the city
Yeah, threatening to rain
Said “I've come to rust the iron of your locomotive train
The rails you're riding on my friend will take you nowhere fast
And when you arrive at nowhere, with your future turned to pass
You'll realize the track must end before you reach the Western shore
Then you'll wish the rails had stopped you,
You'll wish the rails had stopped you there before

Waiting on rain
Cause I've been down
Waiting on rain
Rain gonna come
Rain on me now

You say that turning trains to rust
Is such an ugly thing to do
But I love myself no more than I love you
If you can take these iron wheels and turn them into rust
You'll know the God that sent us, is a God that you can trust
And you'll realize the track extends beyond the Western shore
And we'll ride the rails to freedom, we'll ride the rails to freedom through that storm

Waiting on rain
Cause I've been down
Waiting on rain
Rain gonna come
Rain on me now

Rain gonna come
Rain on me now
It's gonna come
Rain on me now