[Intro]
What good is that happy lie?
All you wanted from the start was to cry, girl

[Verse 1]
It looks like another fall
Your friends they don't seem to help at all
Now when you're feelin' kind of cold and small
Just look up your rainy day man

[Verse 2]
It does you no good to pretend, child
You've made a hole much too big to mend
And it looks like you lose again, my friend
So go on home and look up your rainy day man

[Chorus]
Now rainy day man don't like sunshine
He don't chase no rainbows, he don't need good times, no
Gray days roll in, then you'll see him
I said empty feeling, Lord now you need him

[Verse 3]
All those noble thoughts, they don't belong
Can't hide the truth with a happy song
And since you knew where you stood all along
Just go call on your rainy day man
[Chorus]
Now simple pleasures, they all evade you
Store-bought treasures, Lord, none can save you, no now
Look for signs to ease the pain
I said ask again, go on and pray for rain

[Verse 1]
It looks like another fall
Your friends they don't seem to help at all
Now, when you're feeling kind of cold and small
Just look up your rainy day man

[Refrain]
All I'm askin' just to look up your rainy day man