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I whisper beautiful secrets into
The drainpipes at night
For the old folks while they're sleeping
Something to help them with their dreams.
I climb the wall to the cemetery,
Lay down on the grave of my father
I hear him asking me for forgiveness,
So I close my eyes in prayer.
And then a rainy-rainy-rain falls down
A cool rainy-rain upon my head.
It makes the river overflow it's banks,
And wash my cares away to Sleepy-town.
I pour whiskey in the honeycomb,
It makes the bees all turn to angels.
I watch 'em fly off into heaven
Disappear where I can't follow.

And I would write Jesus a letter,
But I hear that he don't speak English...
So instead I'll just throw these cobblestones Until I ring that old church bell.
Until the rainy-rainy-rain fall down
Cool rainy-rain upon my head.
It makes the river overflow it's banks,
And wash my cares away to Sleepy-town.
In Sleepy-town, you let the wild wind blow away your name.
In Sleepy town, you let the healing rain just wash your pain away.
I see a light on in the station,
Yeah someone is waiting for a train.
And I envy them their leaving
As I turn to head back home again.
For soon the morning sun will rise
And this little town will open up its eyes..
And return from the land where I've never been
From a Sleepy-town, that's free
From all that rainy-rainy-rain fall down.
The cool rainy-rain upon my head
Make the river overflow it's banks
And wash my cares away to Sleepy-town
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written by JIM WHITE
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Jim White is a southern gothic alt-country singer-songwriter. He has released four albums as a solo artist.

While his music is based in americana, he borrows elements from rock, rhythm and blues, and even electronica, often piecing sounds together in the lo-fi cut-and-paste fashion of artists like Tom Waits. His albums have featured a wide variety of collaborators, such as Victoria Williams, Morcheeba, Aimee Mann, Barenaked Ladies, and Joe Henry. He is signed to David Byrne's Luaka Bop label and appeared in the BBC documentary, Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus, which looks at musicians inspired by the culture of the American South.

Not be confused with the acclaimed Dirty Three / Cat Power / Smog / P. J. Harvey / Nina Nastasia drummer, who also had a recent collaboration album "You Follow Me" with Nastasia under the name of Nina Nastasia And Jim White

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