Box of Rain

Written by: Phil Lesh and Robert Hunter

Times Played 4
First Played 03-10-2012
Last Played  03-22-2025

Lyrics:

  • Look out of any window, any morning, any evening, any day.
  • Maybe the sun is shining, birds are singing,
  • No rain is falling from a heavy sky.
  • What do you want me to do, to do for you to see you through?
  • For this is all a dream we dreamed one afternoon, long ago.

  • Walk out of any doorway, feel your way, feel your way like the day before.
  • Maybe you'll find direction,
  • Around some corner where it's been waiting to meet you.
  • What do you want me to do, to watch for you while you are sleeping?
  • The please don't be surprised when you find me dreaming too.

  • Look into any eyes you find by you, you can see clear to another day,
  • Maybe been seen before, through other eyes on other days while going home.
  • What do you want me to do, to do for you to see you through?
  • It's all a dream we dreamed one afternoon, long ago.

  • Walk into splintered sunlight,
  • Inch your way through dead dreams to another land.
  • Maybe you're tired and broken,
  • Your tongue is twisted with words half spoken and thoughts unclear

  • What do you want me to do, to do for you to see you through?
  • A box of rain will ease the pain, and love will see you through.

  • Just a box of rain, wind and water
  • Believe it if you need it, if you don't, just pass it on
  • Sun and shower, wind and rain
  • In and out the window like a moth before a flame

  • And it's just a box of rain, I don't know who put it there,
  • Believe it if you need it, or leave it if you dare.
  • And it's just a box of rain, or a ribbon for your hair;
  • Such a long long time to be gone, and a short time to be there.