The Rain Song

Lyrics

[JIM, spoken] You really mean that you can bring rain? [LIZZIE, spoken] He talks too fast He can't bring anything! [JIM, spoken] I asked him How would you bring it, Starbuck? [STARBUCK, spoken] How? Sodium chloride, pitch it up high— Pitch it up high, right up to the clouds Electrify the cold front Neutralize the warm front Magnetize occlusions in the sky! [LIZZIE, spoken] In other words, bunk [STARBUCK, spoken] Lady, you're right Do you know why it sounds like bunk? Because it is bunk Bunk and hokey-pokey! And I tell you, I'd be ashamed to use any of those methods [LIZZIE, spoken] Oh, well, what "methods" would you use? [STARBUCK] My method's like my name It's all my very own You wanna hear my deal? You only need a hundred dollars in advance In twenty-four hours You'll have rain [JIM, spoken] You mean it? Real rain? [STARBUCK] Real rain Rain is rain, brother It comes from the sky A wetness known as water Aqua pura Mammals drink from it Fish swim around in it Little boys wade in it Birds flap their wings And sing a song like sunrise [STARBUCK, spoken] Water! Woo! I recommend it! [STARBUCK] Cumulo! Cumulo-nimbo! Ah! Now, you ask me the way I'll do it Well, I'll do it the way I please I got forty-eleven different methods But I might use one of these I might take this stick, this hickory stick And then I pick it up and pitch it high [JIM, spoken] Hot damn! [STARBUCK] And then I shout like hell 'til I scare the hail Right down from outta the sky Then the rain comes Then the rain comes Then the rain comes It's gonna rain all through the mornin' It's gonna rain all through the night It's gonna rain all day tomorrow And Lord God Almighty Now won't that be a sight Well, there's cotton out there that'll grow There's rivers that'll overflow There's dyin' cattle that'll rise right up and live It's gonna rain a month of Sundays And a hundred dollars is all that you gotta give [STARBUCK, JIM & SNOOKY] There's a big rain a-comin' There's a big rain a-comin' Oh (There's a big rain a-comin') There's a big rain a-comin' Well, I'm talkin' about a good Old Testament (Rain) Wade in the water, shoutin' glory [STARBUCK & TOWNSPEOPLE] Rain (There's a big rain a-comin') There's a big rain a-comin' Well, I'm talkin' about a take your clothes off (Rain) Jump in the cowtank, floatin' like a rowboat Rain (There's a big rain a-comin') There's a big rain a-comin' Well, I'm talkin' about a catch that catfish (Rain) Have a little fish fry, plenty of chow chow Rain (There's a big rain a-comin') There's a big rain a-comin' Well, I'm talkin' about a once in a lifetime Tell your children, write it in the Bible (Big rain) Never forget it, makin' up stories Singin' and dancin' friends and neighbors (Big rain) Gimme your hand, sister! (Big rain) Gimme your hand, brother! When the rain comes (When the rain comes) When the rain comes (When the rain comes) [STARBUCK & TOWNSPEOPLE] When the rain comes [STARBUCK] It's gonna rain all through the mornin' [TOWNSPEOPLE] It's gonna rain all through the night [STARBUCK] It's gonna rain all day tomorrow [TOWNSPEOPLE] And Lord God Almighty, now won't that be a sight [STARBUCK & TOWNSPEOPLE] It's gonna rain a month of Sundays [TOWNSPEOPLE & STARBUCK] Gonna rain both day and night (Gonna rain both day and night) Gonna rain with all its might (Gonna rain with all of its might) Gonna rain if you just let him do his [STARBUCK & TOWNSPEOPLE] Cumulo Cumulo-nimbo [STARBUCK & TOWNSPEOPLE] Gonna rain (Gonna rain) Gonna rain (Gonna rain) Gonna [STARBUCK & TOWNSPEOPLE] Rain, rain Rain, rain today! Gonna rain!