There's a place deep inside of me
Where I go
When the world gets too much
The child inside can chase away
The madness
From another day of livin'

Lately I don't know
Who I am no more
Lost, when I look at my life
Chasin' things I don't need
I see the man
I wan to be slippin' away

But I can hear
The thunder call me
Back from where I came
There's a part of me
Still there walkin' down
That country lane
If I could go back
Would it ever be the same
The closest that I've been
To heaven
Is standin' in the southern rain

Barefoot boy
Walks along the river
Feels a breeze
And gentle raindrops on his face
I can go there in my mind
When I wanna leave behind
This foolish race

If I've ever been to heaven
It's when I'm in the southern rain