Just One Thunderstorm

Well the ground turned white for miles around
Then all the farmers cried
Hailstorms killed a flock of birds
That found no place to hide
Some horses in the pasture barely made it to the barn
All of that from just one thunderstorm

There's nothing left of grandma's garden
But a few tears and some talk
The hail tore off almost every leaf
From almost every stalk
Well it left a lot of puddles
And mosquitoes by the swarm
All of that from just one thunderstorm

Well the rain and hail fell
Like somebody pulled out all the stops
The careless weeds made it through
But it wiped out all the crops
It filled the lake up to the brim
But it washed out every farm
All of that from just one thunderstorm

And I said it'd rain
And it rained so hard
A soul could hardly see
And the boys down at the arcade
They blamed it all on me
And the wind blew out some windows
In the college women's dorm
All of that from just one thunderstorm

Downtown drugstore's plate glass window
Scattered near and far
And Rockeye Law's sign fell down
On old man Lester's car
Sergeant Blue fell out of bed
And broke his only arm
All of that from just one thunderstorm

Next day the preacher got up and prayed
For federal relief
Nobody in the congregation
Questioned his belief
Well they couldn't call it welfare
It was for their businesses and farms
All of that from just one thunderstorm