a dirty rain is falling at my feet
and people walk pretending not to see
and i don't know why everybody wants what they don't need
and heaven only knows what's hidden up this late
and build a house of cards
and build a house of cards
the building's getting tall; watch it scrape the sky
can't see the stars at all through the city lights
who cares if we're getting high?
it's not the things you know
but the things that you deny
that make us all fall down
a dirty rain is falling at my feet
and people walk pretending not to see
and i don't know why everybody wants what they don't need
(it's not always gonna rain
it's not always gonna rain
it's not always gonna rain)