As I step inside the street sound
A growl of thunder turns my head round
I see one face in the crowd
Like a beacon in the rain
I see your sunshine calling to me
As the people rush on by you
I will move myself aside you
Link arms like policemen in a chain
Keep ourselves inside the line
I need you now like it needed to rain
As the puddles form around us
And the thunder noise surrounds us
Now I can laugh amid the storm
Like a child in the warm
I feel your sunlight shining on me
All around me, inside me
Then high in the sky, a star appears to be winking
A branch caught by the wind, it's leaves beckon to me
Stone still at my feet, it's grey matches my thinking
Well water so deep, it's song calling me down, down, down...
Now in the street I stand deserted
With the cold and wet returning
I turn, rejoining the crowd
Like a leaf caught in the stream
I need you now like it needed to rain
I will meet you where the winds blow
The thunder rolls to and the streams flow
I will see your face in the crowd
Like a beacon in the rain
And see your sunshine calling to me
I will meet you where the winds blow...
By You was written by Tony Banks.
By You was produced by Tony Banks & Stephen Short.