I saw raindrops on my window
Joy is like the rain
Laughter runs across my pain,
Slips away and comes again
Joy is like the rain.

I saw clouds upon a mountain
Joy is like a cloud
Sometimes silver, sometimes gray
Always sun not far away
Joy is like a cloud

I saw Christ in rain and thunder,
Joy is tried by storm
Christ asleep within my boat
Whipped by wind, yet still afloat
Joy is tried by storm

I saw raindrops on the river
Joy is like the rain
Bit by bit the river grows
Till at once it overflows
Joy is like the rain