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