[Intro]
        

[Verse 1]
             
 Did you stand

            
 there all alo


ne
            
Oh, I cannot e

             
xplain what's 

       
goin' down
              
I can see you 

           
standin' next 


to me
           
In and out som

             
ewhere else ri

     
ght now
         
You sigh   loo

     
k away
             
I can see it c

        
lear as day
              
Close your eye

          
s    so afraid
             
Hide behind th

        
at baby face

[Interlude]
        
Doot do do, do

        
ot-do do

[Chorus 1]
            
   You can dri

              
ve   all night
              
Looking for th

           
e answers in t

             
he pouring rai


n
              
You wanna find

             
   peace of mi

   
nd

Lookin' for th

e answer

[Interlude]
        

[Verse 2]
             
 Funny how it 

            
seems like yes


terday
           
As I recall yo

              
u were lookin'

         
 out of place
              
Gathered up yo

              
ur things and 

  
slipped away
            
No time at all

             
 I followed yo

           
u into the hal

l
         
Cigarette dayd

    
ream
             
You were only 

      
seventeen
         
Soft speak wit

              
h a mean strea

 
k
             
Nearly brought

            
 me to my knee

s

[Interlude]
        
Doot do do, do

        
ot-do do

[Chorus 2]
            
   You can dri

             
ve    all nigh

  
t
              
Lookin' for th

           
e answers in t

             
he pouring rai


n
              
You wanna find

             
   peace of mi

   
nd

Lookin' for th

e answer
            
  If we could 

             
find a reason,

              
 a reason to c

 
hange

Lookin' for th

e answer
            
  If you can f

             
ind a reason, 

             
a reason to st

ay

Standin' in th

e pourin' rain

[Instrumental]
           
    Doot-do, d

            
o-di-do-di-do 

             
 Doot-do,  do-

          
di-do-di-do 
           
    Doot-do, d

            
o-di-do-di-do 

            
 Doot-do,  do-

          
di-do-di-do 
  

[Chorus 2] (quiet first time)
           
   You can dri

          
ve all night
              
Lookin' for th

           
e answers in t

             
he pourin' rai


n
             
You wanna find

           
 peace of mind

Lookin' for th

e answer
            
  If we can fi

             
nd a reason, a

             
 reason to cha

nge

Lookin' for th

e answer
            
  If you can f

             
ind a reason, 

             
a reason to st

ay

Standin' in th

e pourin' rain