I always thought the 'dry eyes in the pouring rain' was simply carrying on from the 'trying to stay up straight', they just didn't add another 'trying' in. In other words they're basically saying, "We are crooked souls trying to stay up straight, trying to dry eyes in the pouring rain." That's just how I understood it, I could just as well be wrong.
I always thought the 'dry eyes in the pouring rain' was simply carrying on from the 'trying to stay up straight', they just didn't add another 'trying' in. In other words they're basically saying, "We are crooked souls trying to stay up straight, trying to dry eyes in the pouring rain." That's just how I understood it, I could just as well be wrong.