Rainville
(words & music by Markus Rill)
 
 
It was hard work to write this song. Took me ages to fit all the information I wanted to put across into the third and fourth line of the song. I guess what I'm trying to say is that there's (at least) two sides to each story.
Sally holds a grudge against the world
But she ain't to blame for all the anger and the hurt
Things ain't been the same since Charlie split
And she dropped out of school to take care of the kid

Life ain't always fair and now she knows
She's been crying but she hopes it doesn't show

Sally's stuck in Rainville,
yeah, she's stuck in Rainville
And this ain't what she needs, you can tell her what you will
But Sally's stuck in Rainville

This town, it don't do nothing but make her sad
Home of all the highschool sweethearts that she ever had
They all seem to look down on her now
And they all remind her of her Charlie-boy somehow

Life is cold and hard and that ain't right
She's got no-one to hold onto in the night

She's gotta get out of Rainville
Gotta get out of Rainville
For this ain't what she wants, by now she's had her fill
She's gotta get out of Rainville

Charlie he's been drifting along
He had lotsa time to think about his doggone life and think about his son
And he remembers what it feels like to not have a Daddy's hand to hold on to
And he figures that maybe Sally's missing him too

So now he's going back but Sally's gone
She packed up all her things and she moved on

She's gotten out of Rainville
Gotten out of Rainville
Where the wind is blowing cold and Charlie feels a chill
For now he's stuck in Rainville