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 livin' Lately I don't know Who I am no more Lost, when I look at my life Chasin' things I don't need I see the man I wan to be slippin' away But I can hear The thunder call me Back from where I came There's a part of me Still there walkin' down That country lane If I could go back Would it ever be the same The closest that I've been To heaven Is standin' 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 If I've ever been to heaven It's when I'm in the southern rain