"Southern Rain" lyrics

There's a place deep inside of me
Where I go
When the world gets too much
The child inside can chase away
The madness
From another day of living

Lately I don't know
Who I am no more
Lost when I look at my life
Chasing things I don't need
I see the man
I wanna be slipping away

But I can hear the thunder
Call me back from where I came
There's a part of me
Still there walking down that country lane
If I could go back
Would it ever be the same
The closest that I've been to heaven
Is standing in the southern rain

Barefoot boy
Walks along the river
Feels a breeze
And gentle raindrops on his face
I can go there in my mind
When I wanna leave behind
This foolish race

But I can hear the thunder
Call me back from where I came
There's a part of me
Still there walking down that country lane
If I could go back
Would it ever be the same
The closest that I've been to heaven
Is standing in the southern rain

I can hear the thunder
Call me back from where I came
There's a part of me
Still there walking down that country lane
If I could go back
Would it ever be the same
The closest that I've been to heaven
Is standing in the southern rain
If I've ever been to heaven
It's when I'm in the southern rain