album: Travelling Man (1999) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YilElCSa81g (recording at his home in Cornwall, 31st May 2012) [Intro] [Verse 1] Come on now and dry your eyes Time will ease a-way the pain Clouds disperse and show the clear skies The earth smells sweeter after rain [Verse 2] There has never been a deluge That could wash out every stain. In cracked pavements weeds find refuge But the earth smells sweeter after rain [Bridge 1] The world is vast but pain’s horizon Wrapped a-round us makes it small If you break out from this prison Depending where the teardrops fall [Verse 3] Out of barren-ness renewal Hope is just a tiny grain Iro - ny is often cruel But the earth smells sweeter after rain [Verse 4] Debris left where floods receded Was surely bound to cause you pain Just ignore all that's not needed Earth smells sweeter after rain [Bridge 2] Sadness is a poor heart teacher You're not a-lone we're all the same Running down the road to meet her Palace Gate or Factory Lane [Verse 5] Joy is not to one confined Neither then is grief and pain Water only draws the line And the earth smells sweeter after rain [Outro] After rain.