Standing in the Rain

I saw a little boy out standing in the rain
The heavy droplets masquerading on his face
I asked him why he wasn't home and warm and safe
But he just smiled at me and shrugged and stayed in place

I wasn't sure just how to make him understand
So I reached out to him and tried to take his hand
I thought I'd save him from the storm as I had planned
But he just put his hand in mine and looked at me instead
And this is what he said

He told me that in life, some good things have to wait
And that the sun'll come again another day
And though his mommy cries that life is filled with pain
Well that just has to be okay
So for now I'm standing in the rain

So I thought back to times when I was just a kid
To see if maybe this was how I once had lived
Accepting pain and heartbreak, that they do exist
But thinking back to then, I'm sure I never did

I don't want sad and sorry winters by the phone
I don't want lonely wasted nights spent on my own
I don't want tear tracks leaving stains upon my coat
I just want happy sunshine everywhere I go

Ohh
And this is what I know

I know in life that you should push away the pain
Ignore the cloudy days and brush past all the gray
If you're not smiling every second of the day
Then you are making a mistake
But that boy's still standing in the rain

Then he sat down amidst the puddles
And splashed his hands in the dirty waters
He seemed so glad without an umbrella
Like he lived in a world with brighter colors

I had tried to help him see the light
That you should push away the pain cause it's not right
But when I saw him laugh instead of hide
I cried cause he had changed my mind

Cause you know it might be true that life is filled with pain
But there's no escaping it no matter how we stray
So if we just look at sadness in a different way
We'll see it's something to embrace

And so I took my coat off in the pouring rain
And we began to splash around and truly play
With covered shirtsleeves in a muddy sort of paint
Cause there's color hidden in the gray
So you just gotta find the way

He told me that in life, some good things have to wait
And that the sun'll come again another day
And though his mommy cries that life is filled with pain
Well that just has to be okay
Cause for now we're standing in the rain