The old man down on the corner
   Is drowning his pain
   I can see the sorrow in his eyes
   His tears, they leave a stain
   The streets have left him broken
   He's in the final phase
   It's been a long hard road from his glory days
  
   There's a tattoo of his sweetheart fading on his arm
   He talks of painful tragedy
   How he lost his lucky charm
   His memory is clouded from the thunder in this vein
   He's vanishing, vanishing gone
   In the Harlem rain
  
   CHORUS
   Harlem rain coming down
   Another shattered soul in the lost and found
   One more night on the street of pain
   Getting washed away by the Harlem rain
  
   On desperation avenue the devil takes his toll
   Where the pushers and the poverty
   Slowly claim your soul
   When you reached the realization
   That you just can't break the chain, no
   You're vanishing, vanishing gone
   In the Harlem rain
  
   CHORUS
   Harlem Rain
  
   In your search for tender mercy
   No one seemed to care
   The faith that used to be your crutch
   Is now your cross to bear
   You lost yourself so long ago
   You don't know who to blame
   You're vanishing, vanishing gone
   Vanishing, vanishing gone
   Vanishing, vanishing gone
   In the Harlem rain