It's raining today
The weather is currently rainy

And I'm just about to forget
I am almost ready to forget something

The train window girl
A girl I saw through the window of a train

That wonderful day we met
The day we met was wonderful

She smiles through the smoke
She smiled even though there was smoke in the way

From my cigarette
Which I was smoking at the time

But once there was summer and you
There was a time when there was summer and you

And dark little rooms
We spent time in small, dark rooms

And sleep in late afternoons
We would sometimes sleep during the late afternoon

Those moments descend
Those memories come back to me

On my window pane
As I look out the window

I've hung around too long
I have stayed in one place for too much time

Listening to the old landlady's hard-luck stories
I have been listening to my landlady's stories about her difficulties

You out of me, me out of you
We have separated from each other

We go like lovers
We move on as if we were once lovers

To replace the empty space
To fill the void left by our separation

Repeat our dreams to someone new
We retell our shared hopes and aspirations to another person

And I watch the cellophane streets
I observe the plastic-like, shiny streets

No hang-ups for me
I am free from emotional baggage

'Cause hang-ups need company
People with emotional issues tend to seek out others with similar problems

The street corner girl's
The girl on the corner

A cold trembling leaf
She is shaking, vulnerable, and possibly feeling alone in the rain

It's raining today
The weather is still rainy and possibly adding to the somber tone of the song

It's raining today
The weather is still rainy and possibly adding to the somber tone of the song