Like a deer in headlights, I stood for rows and in my tracks In the weight of the news it nearly broke my back It was late September and I remember oh so well Put a rose in the Bible and placed it upon my shelf And now when it rains it pours I wish I didn't know now the things I never knew before And now when it rains it pours I wish I didn't know now the things I never knew before Back then when we were seventeen, time was on our side Holes in our jeans, a pocket full of dreams, the future was Friday night And we would hang out down by the river bend, singing our favorite songs Laughing and drinking, smoking and smiling, now those days are gone When it rains it pours I wish I didn't know now the things I never knew before And now when it rains it pours I wish I didn't know now the things I now know for sure Oh yeah Like a deer in headlights, I stood for rows and in my tracks In the weight of you not here nearly broke my back And my tears they fell like a monsoon, underneath the cold farmyard moon And somehow God put his hands on your shoulders way too, way too soon When it rains it pours I wish I didn't know now the things I never knew before And now when it rains it pours I wish I didn't know now, no I didn't know now What I knew before When it rains, oh it pours Wish I didn't know now, no I didn't know now What I knew before When it rains, it pours Oh yeah