The Rain

The sun beats down on this thirsting land

Burning my will away

It's many a mile from the Eastern shore

And the hope I felt that day

We crossed the sea from the old country

To the promised land we came

And then we headed west on a thankless quest

To place we staked our claim

Now the eagle is circling overhead

He knows my name

Coz the only thing plentiful here is the dust on the plain

'Til god brings the rain

It wasn't always this way back in the day

All life sprang from this ground

But like a slow burning curse, each year's gotten worse

So someday it must turn around

As the wagons are rolling on out

They call me insane

But I'm not gonna let this land break me, I will stay

'Til god brings the rain

God help me

Don't you forsake me this way

Am I nothing to you?

How much suffering must I stand in your name?

I'm only asking for rain

The sun sets high in a cruel blue sky

Mocking me everyday

Last night I cried when the storm passed by

About fifteen miles away

In a dream I saw the coast once more

And I walked into the sea

I'd have been happy to die as that moment passed by

And I woke to this misery

And the way things are going

I don't know how much more I can take

Well I'm no kind of quitter but

How long can any man wait

How long must I wait?

'Til god brings the rain

The rain