Story Behind The Song

Inspired by a drive along a stretch of a cold, dark Nevada highway on a rainy night.

Song Description

After losing the love of his life, our protagonist is leaving San Francisco on a road to Reno and anywhere else.

Lyrics

Reno In The Rain

Verse
Drivin? down to Reno in the rain.
Outside its pourin? like a busted water main?
Got everything I need here in my truck,
Some old clothes, some tools, and boxes of bad luck.

Chorus
?Cause I'm drivin? down to Reno.
Why should she care, how could she know,
I'd be drivin? down to Reno in the rain?

Verse
Drivin? down to Reno in this rain.
Hope these windshield wipers help me
To wash away the pain.
In my heart it?s dark as clouds over the sage.
Guess my book of life has turned another page.

Chorus
?Cause I'm drivin? down to Reno
For a cheap hotel and keno.
Drivin? down to Reno in the rain.

Instrumental Interlude

Verse
This Nevada highway's cold and dark, it?s wet.
It?s my move now, but I know I've already lost the bet.
Oh, if she'd asked me I know that I'd have stayed.
But tonight there's one less cowboy by the Bay.

Chorus
?Cause I?m drivin? down to Reno.
Why should she care, how could she know,
I'd be drivin? down to Reno in the rain?

Bridge
Drivin? down to Reno in the rain.
I?ll never be back this way again.

Chorus
Yes, I'm drivin? down to Reno.
Why should she care, how could she know,
I'd be drivin? down to Reno in the rain?

End