A Handful of Rain

Baby don't be wakeful Let your daddy sleep All the things that scare you Surely, they will keep TV news and back rent blues And all points in between You count your needs on your worry beads And then you start it all again Listen at the window To the locusts in the trees Talking 'bout the heat, you know Waiting on a breeze Back porch sounds they slow you down To a simple kind of view Front porch speed too much for me Racing everything they do And I can't make out With all their running 'round Where are they going to? And would they bother if they knew? That you can't hold on to a handful of rain And you can't teach the wind to call your name You can't make a deal with time And beg it not to change It slips away like a handful of rain Flowers in the kitchen Dream catcher by my bed Can't you hear the angels That are singing in my head? Weave a prayer around you where You stand in disbelief Music plays with you always And puts wings upon your feet And the brightest road will always go To where you want to be And won't you come with me? 'Cause you can't hold on to a handful of rain And you can't teach the wind to call your name You can't make a deal with time And be it not to change It slips away like a handful of rain Weave a prayer around you where You stand in disbelief Music plays with you always And puts wings upon your feet And the brightest road will always go To where you want to be Won't you come with me? 'Cause you can't hold on to a handful of rain And you can't teach the wind to call your name You can't make a deal with time And be it not to change It slips away like a handful of rain It slips away like a handful of rain Handful of rain