I cut the sandbags that were tied to my feet I emptied them out and thought I'd made a beach They said 'Kid, that ain't a beach, there's no water. You've just trapped yourself in a desert' Everybody needs a little rain Everybody needs a little rain I burned the letters in that old dusty box From somebody that I didn't know at all And for a while I felt free But there's a fine line between free and lost Everybody needs a little rain Everybody needs a little rain Everybody needs a little rain Everybody needs a little rain