Billy Joel - Falling of the Rain lyrics

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
No, 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
Because she didn't mind the
Falling of the rain
No, 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 want to know
And I don't want to see
Another rainy day without you
Lying next to me, ah

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's a fool and his mind
Is filled with hopeless dreams
And he wait's, but he will not
See the falling of the rain, ah
No, 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 want to know
And I don't want to see
Another rainy day without you
Lying next to me, ah

So now the boy becomes the man
Who sit's 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, because you can't stop
The falling of the rain, ah
No you can't stop the falling of the rain