Verse 1
Cardamom steam on a chipped clay cup
Sky turns purple as the wind kicks up
Your canvas duffel by the wooden chair
First heavy raindrops in your tangled hair
Pre-Chorus
Listen to the iron awnings shake
Look at all the life this storm will wake
Are you ready to begin?
Chorus
Step out clean on Monsoon Avenue
Wash away the sorrow in the falling blue
Every road is greener when the clouds break through
I will look for morning where I parted with you
Dancing down Monsoon Avenue
Verse 2
Brass bells ringing on the market gate
Old taxi idling, it will not wait
You turn around with that easy grin
Press your warm palm to my dripping skin
Pre-Chorus
Listen to the iron awnings shake
Look at all the life this storm will wake
Are you ready to begin?
Chorus
Step out clean on Monsoon Avenue
Wash away the sorrow in the falling blue
Every road is greener when the clouds break through
I will look for morning where I parted with you
Dancing down Monsoon Avenue
Bridge
Dry ground drinking up the sky
No bitter salt left in this goodbye
The wheels will roll, the river bends
Nothing truly breaks, it only mends
Chorus
Step out clean on Monsoon Avenue
Wash away the sorrow in the falling blue
Every road is greener when the clouds break through
I will look for morning where I parted with you
Dancing down Monsoon Avenue
