Shadow Boxing in the Rain

Words by Greg Travis
Music by Evan Hause

"Good-bye, sweet Joe, good-bye," she writes about how tenderly
Time cooled her reckless desire
Rain on the pavement echoes the refrain
Of one sad broken heart
Shadow boxing in the rain.

He sees nobody's lover in the window half-lowered
Melting composure over slow-falling rain.
He is launching paper missiles out a third story window
To the masses below from the desert of pain.

He is stealing the sun and locking his window
So we'll see his light shine and honor his sorrow.
It is in this bitterness that love has inspired
Abstracted details to converge and conspire

Man is still quite a miracle in his well of resilience
Porcelain fragile and willowy spry
"Good-bye, sweet Joe, good-bye," though she writes
I tear down the walls to feel the rain on my smile.

Rain on the pavement echoes the refrain
Of one sad lonely heart shadow boxing in the rain
Rain on my lips, I sing the refrain
Of one strong voice shadow boxing in the rain