Southern Rain

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Southern Rain

Cowboy Junkies

off Black-Eyed Man

1991

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The flies have quit their buzzing

Even Bear has stopped his barking

They all sense something brewing

Up the James and headed this way

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Bobby sips his morning coffee

Says have you finished with the funnies

Looks like a storm is brewing honey

guess we'll have to stay in bed today

I've heard that into every life

A little of it must fall

So she spends her evenings praying

For a little of that southern rain

Marie was born in Macon Georgia

She met a west coast lawyer

He plucked that sweet magnolia

and carried her to the hills of West LA

She says I never thought I'd tire of a dollar

But this life has grown so hollow

Every nite there's lipstick on his collar

And every morning I wash it away

She heard that into every life......etc

<Now the tricky part...Btw i think i cocked up the first phrase

of this verse, but ......>

Cars alive on city streets, of sparkling black water

like waves beneath my window never break just roll away

Tonite this rain will be my lullabye

These cars, my dreams to carry me home to stay

<Whew!>

The wipers beat a rhythm truck spray obscures my vision

But I'm closing in on my destination

Two more hours and I'll be at your door

And it will never cease to amaze me

How a little rain can drive folks crazy

When I'd trade all my clear skies glady

For your blue eyes crooked smile

and a steady downpour

I've heard that into every life

A little of it must fall

but you'll never catch me complaining

about too much of that southern rain

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or something like that...