WHERE THE SHADOWS FALL LIKE RAIN W/M: Bob Bennett Out where the shadows fall like rain Somebody's staring through a window pane A cupboard's empty and a baby howls It drowns out the rumble of his belly growls Someone's kid brother robs a liquor store And he gets more action than he bargains for Today's headlines and tomorrow's fish wrap Another John Doe in the cold steel trap And out where the shadows fall like rain I'm shining this light again and again Somewhere crosstown in a look-alike house A drunken lion beats a frightened mouse Bruises on the body and the mind as well Tomorrow she'll swear that she only fell Family man in the welfare line His pride dies slow, one check at a time Wolf at the door on the leash of the Reaper 'Cause no one really wants to be his brother's keeper And out where the shadows fall like rain I reach out my hand again and again Out where the shadows fall like rain Somebody's staring through a window in pain... (March 1983)