7th And Beale / Stanfield Major, Lyricist / Gilbert Sanchez, Music Writer: Music

Ashes in the Rain

(7th And Beale)

Gilbert Sanchez and Stanfield Major

                        Ashes In The Rain

Verse 1:

My granddad told me stories ‘bout the great Chicago fire.

Said the flames had roared like voices in the doomsday devils choir,

filling up the night with a leaping wall of red,

smoke choking out the sun, pitch-black overhead.

Prechorus 1:

Then he'd shake his head in wonder

unable to explain

how a city that seemed so strong

could dwindle down to ASHES IN THE RAIN.

            Chorus 1:

            ALL THAT FIRE LEFT

            WERE ASHES IN THE RAIN

            TERRIBLE DESTRUCTION, A LEGACY OF PAIN,

            NINETY THOUSAND PEOPLE TRYING TO BUILD THEIR LIVES AGAIN

            OUT OF ASHES

            ASHES IN THE RAIN

Verse 2:

When our desire first kindled we were spellbound in the heat.

All the dreams that burned inside us tangled in those fevered sheets,

binding us together in passion's boundless maze

bone lonely hearts igniting in an all consuming blaze.

Prechorus 2:

Now I shake my head in wonder

unable to explain

how something that seemed so strong

could dwindle down to ASHES IN THE RAIN.

            Chorus 2:

            ALL THAT FIRE LEFT

            WERE ASHES IN THE RAIN

            TERRIBLE DESTRUCTION, A LEGACY OF PAIN,

            TWO LOST AND WOUNDED PEOPLE TRYING TO BUILD THEIR LIVES AGAIN

            OUT OF ASHES

            ASHES IN THE RAIN