I spent most of my life outside, in the driving rain

I was only trying to get by with some of life's amenities

Well, nothing's free, I got more than I bargained for

Now it's plain to see, I can't depend on love to defend me



It took most of my time to do what never was done

I was on the outside of an inside kind of love that now is gone

Come right or wrong, it was laid to rest that way

I hate to be unkind, pretending is for strangers who don't know you



I spent most of my life outside in the driving rain

I was in some one-horse town just waiting for a plane

To take me back now where's that at, I paid the price

Well, ain't that nice, knowing I'm so free?

I can't depend on love to defend me



I got more than I bargained for

Now it's plain to see, I can't depend on love to defend me